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...characterizations are distinguished, with that of Edmund Gwenn as Dr. Chebutykin outstanding. The play is a beautifully executed bit of national portraiture as well as a discriminating study of individual frustration...
...characterizations are distinguished, with that of Edmund Gwenn as Dr. Chebutykin outstanding. Gwenn captures all the inherent pathos in the character of the pitiful Army Doctor who takes to drink to escape from his failure in life; his Act III soliloquy, which in less capable hands could have become bathetic, is exactly right. Ruth Gordon is an extremely lifelike Natasha, so lifelike in fact that one comes from the theatre hating her thespian guts. And Judith Anderson turns in a finely turned performance as Olga, bearing her neurosis ably. Miss Cornell, The Lady With the Manner, is as wonderful...