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President Bok said last night he will "reserve public judgement" on possible new admissions policies until after reviewing the report of the committee on admissions he and President Horner will appoint within several weeks...
SUSAN EHRLICH'S Beatrice is the paradox that makes it so hard for me to pass judgement on this production. In one way, she is outstanding, in another, she is terrible. She creates a Beatrice who is a wonderfully consistent, three dimensional person--an all too rare accomplishment for an amateur. But, tragically, her Beatrice is not the person Zindel wrote, and this throws the production off balance. She is too low-key, too gently humorous. She doesn't bite or sting, and doesn't build up the bitterness that brings her to cry at the end of the play...
...much-maligned, outspoken, picaresque hero, John Cricket, attempts to deceive anyone and everyone, including, at the time of his last judgement, Satan, God and the Virgin Mary. "Necessity is an excuse for anything," he says, expressing the general morality of the play...
...boyhood, and even Chuck would delay his account sometimes. In the hiatus between crack of bat and disappearing home run, Chuck was ruminating. Only when he was ready would he ejaculate, "Go to war, Miss Agnes." (While my point is correct, this is an exaggeration. Thompson reserved that homespun judgement for only the most momentous occasions, like back-to-back homeruns by the Robinson boys...
...Bridges' credit, he had the judgement to cast and the stamina to convince John Houseman to play the haughty Kingsfield. The performance is excellent--laced with enough memorable lines (he's the only character who has any) and convincing glares to win an Oscar. Houseman, who is 71, has appeared in only one other film. He is better known as a producer (The Bad and the Beautiful, Lust for Life) and the co-founder (with Orson Welles) of The Mercury Theatre...