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...kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a jar country, "who called his own servants. . . . And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one. . . . After a long time the lord of those servants cometh. . . . And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents. . . . He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord . . . behold, I have gained two other talents. . . . His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant. . . . He which had received the one talent came and said, Lord . . . I was afraid, and went...
Drama. Eugene O'Neill's first play in twelve years, The Iceman Cometh, was second-rate O'Neill, but even so, added stature to the season. So did Another Part of the Forest, without being entirely first-rate Lillian Hellman. Meanwhile, a virtually unknown playwright, Arthur Miller, won the Drama Critics' award, with All My Sons...
...Name of the Lord." One day 54 years ago, churches in Genoa (as everywhere in the world) were overflowing with holy joy in commemoration of Christ's entry into Jerusalem. The priests read the Gospel: "Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord." Then the congregation clutched palm branches. Meanwhile, in Genoa's drab Via Albergo dei Poveri...
Bostonians who wanted to see Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh would have to see it elsewhere-maybe in suburban Quincy, where they saw his banned Strange Interlude in 1929. Boston's censor, who had demanded that some blunt words be dropped from the play, got a blunt reply from O'Neill: "Idiotic. ... I will not change, nor allow to be changed, one word. . . . Boston audiences, I am sure ... do not want plays . . . made silly by ... stupid censorship...
...general feeling was that A Moon for the Misbegotten is a far more impressive play than The Iceman Cometh. There was also a feeling that like Iceman, Moon will run into censorship troubles if & when it tries to shine on Boston (see PEOPLE). The play is pretty frank in general and the Irish farmer has some bitter things to say in particular about Standard Oil, churchgoers, English royalty. Moon is of hardly more than conventional length, but there was general agreement that it could stand some cutting. As a piece of writing it is rich in poetry. As drama...