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John, Duke of Marlborough (as he became), and his wife Sarah are hero and heroine of this latest hymn to grandeur and glory by British Historian A. L. Rowse (The Expansion of Elizabethan England; The English Past). When empires decline and the spirit of reckless adventure ebbs, there are always a few men like Rowse to blow the old trumpet furiously and trot out the glorious dead as an example to the pusillanimous living. "History," says Rowse, "is an extension of life into the past: there are lessons to be learned, and people should learn them...
Among the second-rank late-Elizabethan dramatists was a triumvirate of Thomases--Dekker, Heywood, and Middleton--all of whom expressed a rare deep sympathy with the common man. Of the three Dekker was the most gifted; and Wellesley's Group 20 has wisely chosen for this week's offering his 357-year-old comic masterpiece, The Shoemaker's Holiday (based on a story by another Thomas--Deloney...
Certainly the C.F.D. need bow to no theatre anywhere on the matter of a stage itself. The "modified Elizabethan" set that Robert O'Hearn had designed in Sanders has classic beauty. Its four distinct staging levels and its simple lines provide infinitely various opportunities for blocking, for lighting effects, and for wonderful fadeout exits. And O'Hearn has not only made the set beautiful and functional; he has also blended it in perfectly as an integral part of Sanders Theatre. It will really be a shame to see the thing dismantled in the fall...
...Cambridge Drama Festival, which will present three shows ranging widely over the course of English theatrical history, will be operating in Harvard's Sanders Theatre on a modified Elizabethan stage...
...regard to the Festival's distinctive stage setup, Robert O'Hearn, a young New York stage designer, has designed an architectural set that takes advantage of the best features of Sanders Theatre and its Elizabethan with a simple, flexible structure of beams and scaffolding rising behind one side of the main platform...