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...Arts will be represented by award winning playwright Lillian Hellman, whose latest work, "Toys in the Attic" is currently in its second season on Broad-way. Miss Hellman has spoken at the University in the past, and will be a Visiting Lecturer on English in the Spring...
...prose pieces of real merit are reminiscences (both true and "untrue") by lesser known writers, Anne Halley, Robert, Hellman, Diana Athill. Miss Halley's piece, a really magnificent sketch, recalls her life (or the life of her herine) as a child in Nazi Germany before the Second World War. When the Nazis ascend to power her family leaves for America...
...other reminiscences, while not as good as Miss Halley's story, have their own particular and considerable virtues. Robert Hellman's In the Country is another tale which contrasts the old country (in this case Russia) with the new. The New York couples on a country hillside listen patiently while Boris, a slightly eccentric friend, tells of an odd experience his father had in Russia. The story is obviously an important one both for Boris and for his dead father, and the American friends listen with kind patience, but with no comprehension...
...plays, like oysters, are in season, but there are some still amazingly fresh items from last year's bill of fare with which to contend: Toys in the Attic, Lillian Hellman's skillful exploration of the Sons and Lovers theme, stars Jason Robards Jr.; The Tenth Man mixes modern psychology and ancient rite in Playwright Paddy Chayefsky's tale about a Jewish girl possessed by an evil spirit; The Miracle Worker, with brilliant performances by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, dramatizes the brave, difficult relationship between blind and deaf-mute Helen Keller as a child...
When the 1960-61 season opens next week, the new shows will have to go some to match these favorites, which have come through the summer without getting half baked: Toys in the Attic, the latest play by Lillian Hellman, deftly explores the character of a weak ne'er-do-well (Jason Robards Jr.): Paddy Chayefsky's The Tenth Man, set in a Mineola, I.I. synagogue, brilliantly and with high humor admixes ancient rite with modern psychology; The Miracle Worker owes its excellence to the superb performances of Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, as they re-create...