Word: hdc
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since then, the HDC has developed as a theatrical group, and such well known directors, actors, and writers as Gilbert Seldes '14, Robert Benchley '12, and Robert E. Sherwood '17 have been associated with...
...Promised Land" is indicative of the type of play the HDC has provided, namely, modern works by English and American authors. Among the plays produced by the Club. are included a musical version of "The Taming of the Shrew," a student written opus called "Close-up," for which Henry Fonda was imported for the lead, and the world premiere of Henry James' "Owen Wingrave...
...does any other long established organization, the HDC has its share of anecdotes. In the mid-thirties, the Club wanted to do George Bernard Shaw's "In Good King Charles' Day", and they wired the venerable GBS for permission, only to receive a telegram stating: "My dear young things--you may do it but you cannot." They didn...
...Survivors" flopped in New York on its initial run, despite the praise of drama critics Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times and the New Yorker's Woolcott Gibbs. HDC hopes, however, that their version of the play will re-arouse public interest in it, since Lee Strasberg, who directed "Men in White" and "Skipper Next to God" on Broadway has dressed the work up especially for them. Gibbs will attend one of the performances and review the HDC production...
Opening night profits will go to the American Cancer Society, and the HDC announces that ticket sales are good, especially for first night and weekend performances...