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...ORDEAL OF BRIDGET ELIA-Ernest C. Ross-University of Oklahoma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lamb's Sister | 7/15/1940 | See Source »

...Lamb became a devout Mohammedan. Even then her nerves were high-strung: she was much upset when her Grandmother Field remained an Unbeliever. But Mary soon found a new interest: from the names on gravestones she began teaching her younger brother, Charles, the future author of the Essays of Elia, his letters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lamb's Sister | 7/15/1940 | See Source »

...play will be directed by David P. Sheppard '40, while William M. Fletcher '30 will play the leading role of Honorable Alan Howard. Elia Van Horn, Radcliffe '43 will take the feminine lead, supported by Mary C. Wells '43 and Lois Greiser...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop House Announces Play, "French Without Tears" | 3/20/1940 | See Source »

...falsetto, Odets still talks like Odets, can still be ardent, can still make a line ring out like a pistol shot, or a phrase cut like a knife to the bone. There are genuinely vivid and pulsing scenes in Night Music; and at least the hero (admirably played by Elia Kazan) is thoroughly alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Mar. 4, 1940 | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

With a cast that is almost perfect down to the last minor role, "Night Music" is a tribute to the abilities of the Group Theatre. In his characterizations, Odets is superb; in his final effect, jumbled and incoherent. As the wild and self-conscious Greek-American boy, Elia Kazan is one of the most fascinating personalities of the last few years. It is a part full of fight and bluster, and when the external shell comes off, insecurity, loneliness and an appealing love of humanity that cannot be hid. His barbaric naturalness wins the gentle Philadelphia girl...

Author: By L. L., | Title: The Playgoer | 2/10/1940 | See Source »

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