Word: emerson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...script's brilliance. Most of the characters are natural and believable, and a few are portryed superbly. Marley Clause '79, cast as a conquettish Concord girl who nearly wins Thoreau's heart, is quite professional. James Thorn '79 does a good job of playing an aging Ralph Waldo Emerson. Augustine Caimi '79, as Thoreau's cellmate, and John Newport '78, as Thoreau's brother, put on fine performances as well. But the nature of the play demands that the portrayal of Thoreau be executed with perfection-and though Landiss is very good in some scenes, his acting is far from...
...most interesting aspects of the play was Thoreau's relationship with his idol and elder, Ralph Waldo Emerson. At one point in the play, Thoreau lambasts Emerson for not taking a stand against the Mexican War. Emerson sighs and says...
When Thoreau continues to press influential Emerson to crusade against the war, Emerson finally turns to Thoreau and says, "And what are you doing about it young man? You pull the woods up over your head. You resign from the human race...
Nessen spoke yesterday to a group of 50 students in Emerson Hall and participated in a panel discussion on media coverage of campaigns at Hilles library...
Once past Mass Ave and into the Yard, there was no sweat. Widener quickly became a blur, and as I'd cut down the path between Sever and Emerson toward the Fogg--which I was in most of the time--I'd wonder why everyone thinks that good weather gives them a license to walk around with half of their clothes...