Word: griffin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...North Gate, by Gwyn Griffin. A taut little novel that shows Britons at an outlying African desert post trying to stand up under the white man's burden...
Washburn's characters are solidly amusing. In the part of Jack, Richard Dozier performs with gusto and vehemence. And Mikel Lambert, in her farewell to the Harvard stage, draws a neat little caricature as his hollowing wife. Other sketches are by Swan, Schwartz, and Griffin, again, and by Linda Gerstenfeld...
Under Duane Murner, who serves as both director and producer for the two plays--and serves very ably, too--an unevenly talented cast gives an energetic and convincing performance. Tom Griffin, in the role of the stranger, appears somewhat nervous; maybe he's supposed to be--I guess we all would, in that kind of company. Jim Swan, one of the College's most assured actors, leads the denizen crew with a misguided righteousness that very nicely constructs the mood for the rest. They are: Robert Schwartz, Richard Dozier, George de Menil, Travis Linn and Richard Fisher--with a special...
...North Gate, by Gwyn Griffin. A taut little novel that shows Britons at an outlying African desert post trying unsuccessfully to stand up under the white man's burden...
Africa Lost. This is a bitter story, bitterly told. Author Griffin, who was an officer in the British colonial army in Africa in World War II, seems to know about administrative misfits and the cheap little ploys of petty, ambitious men in seats of power. Most of all, he can catch the hatred of mistreated natives in a brief scene, show on a single page the vast gulf of misunderstanding that separates insensitive whites and long-suffering blacks. His desert comes powerfully alive in brief, sharp descriptions, and without leaving his brutal, well-plotted story for a moment he makes...