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Joan Tolentino as the mayor's wife was only to Schmidt in talent, and Laura did a job as the flighty daughter. Other the east, especially the town official, usually had one humorous bi-- a way of talking, etc--which began pale about the fifth time it was used...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: The Inspector General | 10/25/1963 | See Source »

Rice, who changed his name in 1919, is curiously reticent about naming his loved ones. His first wife, to whom he was married for almost 30 years is never identified* and while he admits numerous extramarital affairs, only one of the ladies is given a name, and that one-"Laura"-not her own. But where the heart was not involved, Rice is free with names: Robert Sherwood Maxwell Anderson, Thomas Wolfe ("He always struck me as gauche, self-conscious and morbidly self-absorbed As for his books, I have never been able to get through any of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Monotony Report | 8/30/1963 | See Source »

Four actors are assigned the protean labor of deviding twenty roles among them. The task of creating four or more characters is a challenge which, unfortunately, none of the performers meets with total success. The one who comes nearest to doing so is Laura Esterman. The mock innocence of her Desdemona-like refrain, "Me thinks my lord hath anger in his look," is as convincing as her langorous intonation of pseudo-Chekhovian eclectic imagery: "I see a cloud shaped just like a samovar." Her Odets mama ("A dry-goods store you don't sneeze at, papa") carries on the grand...

Author: By Alan JAY Mason, | Title: 'No Apologies' Final Ex Production | 8/21/1963 | See Source »

Clayton Koelb, the Baron, and Laura Esterman, his wife, had deceptively complex roles, and neither succeeded in exploring thoroughly the intricacies of his part...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Strindberg's 'Link': A Bitter Bond | 8/6/1963 | See Source »

...over-polished, some of the minor characters actually add a great deal of the life and spark. John Williams is a fine horse trainer, Robert Lanchester a stately, ageing butler, and Timothy Mayer a wonderful Old Family Servant who often draws as many laughs as any of the principles. Laura Esterman was quite impressive as Philip's aged, senile mother...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: "The New York Idea" Opens at Loeb | 7/5/1963 | See Source »

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