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...majority of Moliere was intended primarily as satire of the seventeenth century French court. As such, his comedies are among the greatest ever written. They satirize, however, a target completely insignificant to modern audiences, and they satirize it with humor typically French and almost entirely unintelligible to the theatre goer of today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SERVICE NEWS PLAYGOER | 12/14/1945 | See Source »

Every character is a well known symbol--the befuddled liberal (Tracy), the reactionary clubbish business man, the intellectual Jew, the American Legion bartender. The dialogue has been so widely used it should be a familiar acquaintance of every theatre goer the eulogy on the meaning of democracy, the reminiscence over 'how we first met," the confused self-analysis while wandering in and out of a maze of chaises lounges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYGOER | 10/19/1945 | See Source »

...Jack Garner" grey hat (7⅜) and plunked it on a reporter's head. He pinned an Eagle badge on a Boy Scout, shook hands with everybody who offered his. In the packed hotel lobby, he moved about, chatting with the easy informality of a veteran convention-goer. No one was awed by the U.S. President. He was still chewing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Out among the People | 10/15/1945 | See Source »

Produced with skill, staged with originality, and played with a rare combination of power and understanding, the Theatre Guild's current production of Shakespeare's "Othello" must go down on every theatre goer's list as a masterpiece of writing, directing, and acting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYGOER | 9/12/1944 | See Source »

...hotel-goer patiently stands in slow-moving queues at the understaffed registration desk. He rides to the wrong floors in jerky elevators operated by flippant, teen-age boys & girls or by deaf old gaffers. The call "Front" may bring a pint-sized bellhop, but usually the traveler totes his own bags. Frequently he is ushered into a room that seems to have been bombed: the bed unmade, the bureau loaded with dreg-laden tumblers, the ash trays choked with butts. One wet, crumpled towel is left on the washstand, the legacy of yesterday's guest, who seems to have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Frills | 8/7/1944 | See Source »

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