Word: englander
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Gentlemen, the New England Repertory has really been kicking the gong around of late. With a flying swan dive off the deep end, they have produced "Adam the Creator" by the Czech "enfant terrible" of the theatre, Karel Capek. The general keynote of the script is that God made an awful mess of things during those first seven days--but then, again, is there anyone in the audience who thinks he could do a better...
...this weird and wild fantasy, the New England Repertory has pulled out some fine actors and an appropriate set. Edwin Pettet heads the cast as Adam and carries the show, backed by a large and lusty supporting cast. It is noteworthy that with such an ambitious script and hefty cast, the production clicks. There are a few rough edges and, while parts of the play itself are completely mystifying, the show has so much color and vitality, and, as a whole, meaning, that it seems well-worth a trip down to the Peabody Playhouse...
...worked in this country only about one year after leaving school before he went to England. There he was employed in a steel company and later joined the Royal Air Force. Last summer he came out of swimming retirement long enough to capture a pair of seconds in British National Championships in the 220 and 440, his favorite events...
John J. Robinson, President of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, will speak before the Business Economic Council tonight in the Adams House Upper Common Room at 8:15 o'clock. His subject will be "Current Economic Problems...
...slickness, Christmas Holiday describes the shattering Paris holiday of a safe-&-sane young Englishman. Shatterers are a strip-tease pick up, who tells him about her marriage to a man who murdered for sport; a boyhood friend who is grooming himself to head the OGPU of a future Communist England...