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...sconery allowed, no backstage, no dressing rooms, no curtains, etc.), the VTW production made inspirational use of its handicaps. Aside from the excellent cast now working "ensemble," the real coup do theatre was made by the designer, John Holabird, who moved his audience out into the transept of Memorial Hall in order that the coronation scene at Rheims could be enacted beneath its Gothic beams and stained glass windows. The audience stood during the scene, and when brought back into Sanders for the final scenes, stood once again in prolonged applause. This column called "Saint Joan" the next...
This past fall has seen the HTW in its new quarters, Brattle Hall, which four members of the organization now own. The first production there was "Troilus and Cressida," one of Shakespeare's most controversial plays and one that has tempted few producers because of its intensely rigid poetry, its bitter theme, and its lack of histrionic possibilities. (It might be pointed out here that Shakespeare is rarely given a first-rate showing on Broadway until some actor promotes it as a vehicle for his own glorification. Shakespeare for itself, no). The Workshop did for "Troilus and Cressida" what museum...
...exacting price Shakespeare demands of his actors. This is the last HTW show primarily because the leading members of the organization are graduating. But the HTW will continue to be a part of the local scene for some time to come. After a profitable season last summer operating Brattle Hall as a professional repertory theater, the group now plans the demolition of that ancient building and the construction of a new theater...
Approximately 200 delegates from local colleges will move to Radcliffe Yard for Saturday morning's meetings in Aggassiz House and Longfellow Hall...
Miss Mary Boyle Curran, Wellesley College instructor and author of "Parish on the Hill," will moderate the first meeting in New Lecture Hall at 8:30 p.m. Friday. This discussion will be open to the public...