Word: directors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...biggest disappointment is the Mercutio of William Smithers, who has proven himself a good actor elsewhere. Here he is a total failure; and much of the blame must fall on director Landau. Not for nothing does Mercutio share five letters with Mercury; but there is nothing mercurial about Smithers' performance. Mercutio is an airy, sparkling, zestful, witty chap; Smithers is none of these. Too bad, for the role is so rich that it bids fair to top that of Romeo himself--wherefore Shakespeare had to kill him off on two counts...
Both Smithers and Landau should be made to listen to the Queen Mab vocal scherzetto and orchestral scherzo from Berlioz' "dramatic symphony" Romeo and Juliet before Smithers sets foot on the Festival stage again. In fact, no director should essay this play until he has studied all of the Berlioz masterpiece, the only work based on Shakespeare's play that surpasses the original. Significantly, in his Sunday appraisal of this production, the New York Times' Brooks Atkinson was also moved to invoke the Berlioz work. Although he made some inaccurate statements about both Berlioz and his symphony, his basic point...
...session will be opened with the annual Convocation, tomorrow evening at 8 p.m. in Sanders Theatre. William Y. Elliott, Director of the Summer School, will preside, and the speaekrs will be Francis Keppel, Dean of the Faculty of Education, and John U. Monro, Dean of Harvard College...
...annual message, William Y. Elliott, Director of the Summer School, stated that "last year was as successful a Summer School as we have had" and that this year "will be even better...
...past, the Harvard Summer School will play host to a group of outstanding young professional leaders from many countries of Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. They will attend The International Seminar, which is under the direaction of Henry A. Kissinger, associate professor of Government, and Associate Director of the Center for International Studies...