Word: galileo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Loeb is considering such action in protest of the failure of Samuel Hirsch, drama critic of the Herald, to review Galileo which is currently playing at the Charles Playhouse...
...Knife" in the Square without some pomaded hood appearing from a crevice to explain the finer points of Alienation and Epic Theatre. That David Wheeler and his Theatre Company of Boston have decided to do Brecht their own way is, in itself, refreshing. Describing his brilliant production of Galileo in San Francisco, Herbert Blau wrote, "In approaching Galileo quite differently -- after years of pondering Brechtian notions -- my trust is that to be irreverent is to be more faithful." Probably so, but Wheeler's approach is not so much irreverent as insipid...
...Instead of one-man systems, philosophy in the future will probably consist of a dialogue of many thinkers, each seeking to explore to the fullest one aspect of a common problem. Says Oxford's James Urmson, a visiting professor at the University of Michigan: "It is just like Galileo experimenting with little balls on inclined planes before he addressed the heavens...
...religious faith inspired him to outdo himself? It is undeniable that, over the years, this theme has stimulated playwrights to remarkable and frequently their best work-from Prometheus Bound, Antigone and The Bacchae through Tartuffe, Athalie, Faust and Brand to Easter, Partage de Midi, Murder in the Cathedral, Galileo, Billy Budd, A Sleep of Prisoners, and Waiting for Godot...
...graceful tribute and a fitting one: the Pope whose Holy Office first condemned Galileo was Paul...