Word: english
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...production of Figaro holds especial interest for opera-goers because it has been designed by Oliver Messel, the distinguished English artist noted for his work in the Glyndebourne Festival. Messel is so flooded with commissions that, a few years back, he refused even to answer a letter from the Met seeking his help on another opera. He was a he is, finally got him to do Figaro--a favorite of Messel...
...Messel's scenery was designed for an earlier production at Glyndebourne and has merely been adapted to the Metropolitan stage. Scaling up a small set doesn't always work at the Met and the second act decor, the boudoir of the Contessa, looks like an oversized parlor of an English country home...
Perhaps the most striking evidence of the desire to improve is shown by the growth of independent study programs in the junior and senior years. Under the careful direction of Dr. E. Sculley Bradley, vice-Provost for undergraduate studies, the College's English department has established a plan for individual research with only two formal course requirements--a regular class in Junior year and a senior seminar in the major field. Bradley foresees a continuation of the trend toward independent work, and other departments are working to formalize programs similar to that for English concentrators...
...Return of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P-L*A*N, by Leo Rosten. The famed immigrant warrior against the English language is back with the same old tsplit infinitifs and dobble nagetifs, and he is just as funny as ever...
...Memoirs of Casanova, Vol. II, translated by Arthur Machen. In the best English translation to date, the grand old libertine tells with wit and taste of adventures that would reduce today's flanneled philanderers to cardiac cases...