Word: hamlin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...JAPANESE proverb: There is more to drama than meets the eye. Unfortunately, neither George Hamlin, director of Narrow Road to the Deep North, the Loeb Drama Center's latest offering, nor playwright Edward Bond seem to be up on their old Japanese proverbs. Set, costumes, and lighting are all excellent in this production but they cannot camouflage the flaws of a weak script and uneven direction...
...Hamlin's directing suffers from a lack of consistency and authority. The first half of the play is spent introducing the characters and establishing the situation. Scenes follow in quick succession without every building on one another, either in mood or characterization. The second half works much better as the mood darkens and intensifies and a dramatic rhythm is established and builds toward the climax...
...When Hamlin is working with only two or three actors he is able to create striking tableaus and make the best use of Peter Agoos's elegantly simple set and Will Durfee's evocative lighting. But he seems unsure of how to cope with larger groups, and scenes that involve crowds or depend on a lot of motion become confused and frenetic...
...factories of the criminal-justice system. Not until a 1972 decision involving a Floridian convicted without a lawyer of a misdemeanor did the court finally rule that "no person may be imprisoned for any offense . . . unless he was represented by counsel at his trial." Legal experts viewed Argersinger v. Hamlin as a landmark commanding wholesale change in criminal-justice procedures...
...Sony Hamlin. Michael Dukakis, Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial candidate and his wife are guest, followed by MIT Professor Noam Chomsky, who will talk about the Arab-Israeli conflict. Ch. 4, 9 a.m. 1 hour...