Word: hdc
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Posturing in a four thousand-pound setting of wood and stretched canvas, the 60-odd members of the Marco Millions cast will go through a final dress rehearsal tonight on the eve of the HDC's spring production opening in Sanders Theatre...
...script, In the Lion's Mouth, I should repeat, was exciting and generally enjoyable. The very fact of an all-student production on a regular New Theatre Workshop schedule is a very pleasant sign for Harvard drama. Bringing this season of locally written plays to an end, the HDC production of Mr. Amfitheatrof's work promises much for next year...
...HDC won its gamble. Although its production has uneven sections, it is acted with a singleness and intensity that conveys great power...
...four share the same fault in the last act speeches, when the knights suddenly abandon their roles of drunken killers and become apologists for their deeds. Although their explanations are fantastic, Eliot included them to show the earnest fervor with which the murder was done. But in the HDC production, the four knights seemed scarcely to believe the speeches they gave. Although the parts are humorous, they should not be delivered as intentionally...
...HDC deliberately chose to move the play as close to the audience as possible. Instead of performing on Sander's stage, they use a highly symbolic set built on a semi-arena sunk into the floor. This decision was a good one; instead of an aloofness, designer Webster Lithgow has produced a feeling of closeness that adds to the intensity. One can only wish that the individual components of the set were larger and placed further apart. Lighting, by Campbell Steward, and costumes, by Leslie Van Zandt, were excellent...