Word: htg
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Jean Giraudoux' comedy-satire clothes the theme of war and its causes in the flowing dress of Greek and Trojan; in doing so it saddles that theme with the static staging and long speeches of all but the most sensitively handled of Greek dramas. Last night's HTG's production was fully adequate, but only rarely sensitive. The result was disappointing...
Girandoux' dialogue tends to preach, and the HTG's cast was not able to overcome that, June Garfield, Cannaught O'Connell, and David Bowen came the closest perhaps, the rest of the east ranged from good to weak, and showed an opening night predisposition towards blowing its lines. Giraudoux' dialogue also suffers in the translation (example: "Ajax is the meanest plug ugly among the Greeks") and there was nothing the HTG could do about that. Perhaps the Fogg Court will cut down both the immobility and the talkiness of tonight's HTG production, but it will do little to remedy...
...Harvard Theatre Group will present Beaumarchais's Figaro in the Union dining hall Friday evening, April 28, Robert H. Di Comes '50, manager of the HTG announced last night. The group will also tour the House dining halls, starting with Leverett...
...HTG last night announced the following production staff for the spring show: managing director, David Bowen '51; director, William Wheeling '50; producer, Palmer Dixon '50; stage manager, Harold Stone, Jr. '53; sets, Robert S. Emmet, Jr. '52; costumes, Paul W. Etter '51; choreographer, John F. J. Keogh '52; lighting, Nancy Ryan; and publicity, Robert H. DiComes...
Reaumarchais farce comedy, "The Marriage of Figaro" will be the first of the newly created Harvard Theatre Group's travelling productions, David Bowen '51, managing director of the HTG, announced yesterday...