Word: creon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...moved into the fall season. Curiously, the week's best drama was a 2,400-year-old Greek tragedy. Jean Anouilh's version of Sophocles' Antigone was given a striking, modern-day adaptation by Worthington Miner on NBC's experiment-happy Kaiser Aluminum Hour. As Creon, Claude Rains was a fine old despot, and once even squeezed out a real tear. But Rains was all but overborne by the wooden acting of Hollywood Starlet Marisa Pavan. In the title role of the girl trying to bury her brother, Italian-born Marisa was lovely to look...
...role of the faithful daughter Antigone, Nancy Dersofi is most convincing, and extremely graceful to watch. Erich Segal is exemplary as the wily Creon. Royall Tyler appropriately spits out his lines in portraying the ardent but hypocritical Polyneices. David Shillman's Theseus suffers only from unclearly articulated diction; otherwise he manages to grasp the psychological changes that Theseus undergoes during the course of the play. Amy Mims is adequate, if a bit stiff, as Antigone's sister Ismene...
Paul Tibbetts' strong bass voice appeared to excellent advantage in the role of Creon. While Oscar Henry's lyric tenor lacked the force required by the dramatic role of Oedipus, it was none the less appealing. Miss Alberts made Jocasta's fascinating aria one of the evening's high points. The "Oedipus" was marred only by a badly written narration which broke up the tenseness of the work...