Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Suppose you got on the Mass. Avenue bus instead of going to Brattle Hall. You couldn't miss the Tech Roller Rink; the air is crowded with laughter, and the whine of skate wheels on wooden floor. At first your skates don't seem to go in the right direction; you stumble. Your hand reaches out to steady yourself, and finds another hand in it. Funny, you never think to ask Why. She is there, and that's all, skating with you. She has brown hair tied back with a ribbon and a trim green dress. You are both talking...
According to a letter which the club has sent to its alumni, the plot includes "more legs, more laughter and more love than ever before." The theme itself is one of divorce, fortune-hunting, spite and thwarting, about which weaves a pattern of dances and ballets...
...Margin For Error" rips along and then settles down for a second act of harangue and occasional laughter while the consul's death finds a solution. Spotted here and there with good humor, the play is still far and away beneath. "The Women." The wit is always about politics, and somehow one feels that all jokes about Europe have been told already. Although carried almost to the ridiculous, the plot on the whole is well-handled, and allows for some spontaneous acting by a cast that does everything required of it. Sheldon Leouard as Officer Finkelstein is the only part...
...heaving moan of the wind. The whining fury of tortuous grief, and brutal guffaws . . . The tracks are wiped out, covered up, never existed. A frenzied, senseless whirl. Laughter...
...Male Animal serves up its bit of plot successively as roast turkey, creamed turkey, turkey hash, scraps, soup, and bones for the dog. Fortunately, Play wright Thurber's insane, melancholy slant on life fills the play with fresh and free-flowing laughter. Frustration is leavened into nonsense, indignation is alkalized by good nature. Admirably cast and directed by Producer Shumlin, The Male Animal is a gay evening in the theatre in spite of being no play...