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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Trumpet-tongued Richard Waring is wonderfully cast as the swaggering braggart Parolles, an exhibitionist in sartorial as well as vocal matters. Larry Gates is a first-rate King of France, and nearly succeeds in making his sick-bed scene credible. Will Geer is a lovable Lafeu, and has come up with some very original and effective line-readings. Aline MacMahon is aptly warm-hearted as the Countess; and Barbara Barrie's Diana is properly wily yet pure. Hiram Sherman has fun with the Sergeant's mumbo-jumbo; and among other commendable jobs are Jack Bittner's Clown (though his most...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, (SPECIAL TO THE HARVARD SUMMER NEWS) | Title: All's Well That Ends Well | 7/30/1959 | See Source »

...meet again some of Falstaff's wonderful cronies from the Henry plays: the red-nosed Bardolph (Edward Asner); the swaggering Pistol (Richard Easton); Nym (Severn Darden), a "fellow frights English out of his wits"; and the aged Justice Shallow (Will Geer...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor | 7/9/1959 | See Source »

Capt. Joe Noble, Bob Foster, Carl Kludt and Ted Robbins posted decision victories for the Crimson. Foster, the only remaining unbeaten varsity wrestler, took his seventh straight, a 5-0 decision over John Wright. Noble, beaten only once, notched his seventh win, by 8-1 over Tag Geer, while Robbins, with a 6-0 victory over Gerry Norton, picked up his sixth straight, after two early losses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Defeats Wrestlers, 14-12, Although Foster Cops Seventh Win | 2/24/1959 | See Source »

...takes time to develop these qualities. And the group has, in Morris Carnovsky and Will Geer, two older men with long experience and finely controlled technique. But most of the performers are young; and this is as it should be. The longer they work together, the better the company will become. The Festival's future lies with them...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Stratford, Conn. and the Future of American Shakespeare | 7/31/1958 | See Source »

Inga Swenson is a charming adolescent Perdita, who has the loveliest speech about flowers in the English tongue. Richard Easton and Will Geer are appealing as her princely suitor and her foster-father shepherd...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: The Winter's Tale | 7/24/1958 | See Source »

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