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Gathered from the company and school of Eva Le Gallienne's New York Civic Repertory Theatre, the Studio Players have already made two appearances before Cambridge audiences this year. George Bernard Shaw's "Great Catherine" and Ibsen's "When We Dead Awake" are the two productions that the New York group has already given on the Brattle Hall stage...
...school of Eve Le Gallienne's New York Civic Repertory Theatre. They have firmly established their reputation as an organization of exceptional worth by two productions which they gave in Brattle Hall at an earlier date. One of these was G. Bernard Shaw's "Great Catherine" and the other Ibsen's "When We Dead Awake." Both were exceptionally well performed...
...enthusiastic response shown the Studio Players in December when they presented Henrik Ibsen's "When We Dead Awaken," they have decided to remain in Cambridge and to offer five productions, approximately one a month from now until May. The Players feel that there is a definite public which will support the production of really worth while drama in Cambridge, and are offering this series of productions to prove their convictions. The other plays in the series will include Chekoff's "Uncle Vanya," Quintero's "Fortunato," and Pirandello's "Naked." "Uncle Vanya," which will be the next production, will be played...
...that the artist gets the better of the argument in "When We Dead Awaken." Lovers of Ibsen will recall the rather cloudy complications resolving themselves "on the heights" of the Scandinavian mountains, between a middleaged sculptor, his youthful disillusioned wife, and the Strange Lady, Irene, exmodel and "grande dame" whom the sculptor had thrown over long ago for the sake of his art. It is the old dramatist's contribution to the eternal dilemma of the love of woman versus the love of art. Having chosen the latter and abandoned Irene, the sculptor discovers that, in killing his love...
Despite its relative incoherence, it is a moving play, bathed in that keen atmosphere of sunlight setting on northern mountains which is typical, of Ibsen in his last and profoundly poetic phase. All things considered, the performance, Friday evening, was remarkable for its delicate teamwork. All the players were competent and sympathetic, but first laurels should most certainly go to Miss Kim as Irene for a performance of astonishing beauty...