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...HDC took a calculated risk when it chose to give T. S. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral." For although the play contains some of Eliot's most beautiful poetry, it is immensely difficult to perform. With little action and long choral passages that are spoken by as many as fifteen people, there is an ever-present danger that "Murder in the Cathedral" will seem more a series of dialogues on the problems of sainthood than a unified dramatic whole...
...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...
Amateur College playwrights will have an opportunity to produce original one-act plays under the supervision of the Dramatic Club's new Theatre Workshop, HDC president Peter L. Shoup '55 announced yesterday...
Shoup Heads HDC...