Word: idealism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Without taking exception to the nobili- ty of Dr. Farnsworth's ideal, we may wonder whether his observation is not self-evident We may even deplore his failure to render the one service to his ideal which might be expected from a college psychiatrist with two decades of diverse experience: a chapter of "what is definitely known about the relationship between personality development and optimum intellectual functioning." Unfortunately, this book bolsters the assumption that nothing is definitely known except that in some indefinite way the two are connected...
...cast develops these complex and highly subtle relationships into really powerful theatre. Perhaps the best acting is done by John Heffernan who indeed seems ideal for his role with features and a manner that spell out the intelligent, and yet vulnerable decadence that Sartre had in mind. Rigmore Christiansen does equally well as the Lesbian, matching Heffernan's force at every point. Jane Cronin seems less remarkable than the other two, largely because her role as the "love-object" is more passive. And as a bellboy in Hell, Richard Galvin provides the suitable mixture of insolence and irony...
...polish and sneer. The two actresses play rings around Laurence Harvey's over-mannered and frilly Horner. Indeed, the whole production is too much in a foppish would-be (but probably never-was) Restoration style. Dancing pumps may suit The Country Wife better than clogs, but neither is ideal. The play needs vitality as well as style, not least where time has lamed it. Even so, the evening all in all is enjoyable, but it creates no feeling that The Country Wife has either genuine social meaning or unusual farcical vigor...
Nerac is a brilliant young French doctor who finds the high-pressure ratrace of his residency in a large Paris hospital ideal. His brilliant technique, icy professional objectivity, and need for females only to satisfy impeding primal urges mark him as a man determined to rise...
...recent proposal to tailor admissions to the capacity of the House offers an oversimple solution to the problem of forced commuting. President Lowell established the House system as an integral part of Harvard education, but its ideal functioning should not alone be reason to exclude qualified candidates for admission...