Word: ferrers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Robeson, who states that his production of this play is still far from prefect, and who is experimenting to work out new ideas all the time, was entertained as guest of honor, with Margaret, Webster, Jose Ferrer, Uta Hagen, and other members of the cast of "Othello" at a cocktail party given jointly by the Harvard Dramatic Club and the Signet Society...
Combined with these, the talent of the supporting cast completes the production. As the evil-spleened, ambitions Iago, Jose Ferrer mixed humor, cunning and villainy to portray this greatest of all stage villains, and was very successful in creating an Iago that could be both Othello's friend and enemy. Margaret Webster as Emilia was as competent an actress as she is a director, and turned in one of the best supporting performances of many seasons, while Uta Hagen was both charming and beautiful in the role of Desdemona...
...neat and therapeutic: people in or on the edge of a destructive tizzy need to break something. The breakable object should be something that makes a satisfying smash, but not be so expensive or useful that the smasher feels remorse. Mr. Melville got a friend of his, Sculptress Frances Ferrer, to design him such an object. Last week Mr. Melville's smashable went on sale in Manhattan and Chicago, was snapped up by the hundreds at 50? each by citizens with breakage in their hearts. The object, named "Wackaroo," is a small (4½ inches high), idol-like, plaster...
...last fortnight, for highbrowed Dramacritic Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times to declare that he "was only mildly amused" by Charley's Aunt revived. He was almost alone in his moderation. Most of the audience achieved an uproarious release. They roared at Lord Fancourt Babberley (José Ferrer, late of The Princeton Triangle Club), who for the umphundredth time agreed to help two fellow Oxonians out of sentimental dilemmas by impersonating the aunt of one of them. And they ogled three of the prettiest baggages (Mary Mason, Phyllis Avery, Katherine Wiman) exhibited this year on a Manhattan stage...