Word: hearn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most striking aspect of the current production is Robert O'Hearn's magnificent set. Without over crowding the stage it combines four rooms two bedrooms a kitchen and a parlor into one moldy lifeless farmhouse. Two drooping elms symbols of an oppressive divinity fold over the Cabot homestead snuffing out the life inside. All the action takes place in and outside this setting, which effectively fuses both the local color and the theme of puritanical repression...
...liberal, whose mealy-mouthed idealism is fit only for the parlor. Earl Montgomery played this part with skill and with a consistency notably lacking in many of the roles. Basil Langton's direction of this difficult play was on the whole uninspired, as were the settings by Robert O'Hearn...
...York, Hearn, 13, Pittsburgh...
...assist. Aside from the opening moments which prepare us for what is to come, there is never a dull scene, never an undefined pause. Characters and speeches are light and dark in complete accord with the dramatic requirements. It is fitting to note in conclusion that Robert O'Hearn's simple set and Francis Sidlauskas' reserved lighting form a neat framework for the play...
...what makes Ivanov interesting is that it contains the germ of Chekhov's genius and carries with it a certain power that with a good production can transcend some of its weaknesses. The Brattle Group, aided by Robert O'Hearn's excellent period settings, has done about the best possible job with such a difficult piece...