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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Towards the end of Act I Blanche says to her sister, "I want to rest! I want to breathe quietly again! But this line is delivered as though by a tired prostitute, and not by a woman with a sincere desire to escape from her past and begin life anew...

Author: By Harold Scott, | Title: A Streetcar Named Desire | 7/9/1959 | See Source »

In his attempt to remove all traces of pity for Blanche because he feels "Pity is indecisive [and] today is an age of decision," Mr. Rabb has removed all traces of nobility from his heroine and thereby subjected here to some most undeserved laughter.

Author: By Harold Scott, | Title: A Streetcar Named Desire | 7/9/1959 | See Source »

Miss Humphrey's performance, within the range of Mr. Rabb's interpretation, is carefully etched and compellingly played. Her drunk scene with Mitch towards the end of Act II is excellent. Standing in the middle of a large brass bed, she cries out her soul like an hysterical child, desperately...

Author: By Harold Scott, | Title: A Streetcar Named Desire | 7/9/1959 | See Source »

Tanned, mustachioed Charlie Chaprales, familiar Harvard Square restauranteur-sportsman, is shown here with the seven foot, 94-pound Blue Marlin he recently landed off the Florida Keys, and his brother John (front).

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Square Restaurateur Lands a Big One | 7/9/1959 | See Source »

The Pearlman Collection continues upstairs in Gallery XVII, which it shares with works from the Fogg's 19th century collection. Up here, the range and quality of the works is extremely impressive. Van Gogh's famous Tarascon Diligence is still a fresh visual experience upon its first encounter; its use...

Author: By Michael C. D. macdonald, | Title: Summer Art: Prakash, Pearlman, Wertheim, Warburg, Kahn; Museum Director, Four Major Collections Visit Harvard | 7/9/1959 | See Source »

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