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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Colgate Salsbury '57, D.J. Sullivan '57 and Harold Scott '57 from the original cast will play in the New York performance. The only substitution will be Dean Gitter '56 for Robert Hesse '57 as the jailer. Gitter had the lead role of Willy Loman in the HDC production of "Death of a Salesman" last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Deathwatch' Makes N.Y. Debut April 8 at Cherry Lane Theatre | 3/29/1957 | See Source »

...frequently the poems reveal a translator who has succumbed to the haste which is so inviting when one is dealing with the Greek lyrics. Their compactness and delicate balance--particularly the epigrams--are deceptive and lead the over-anxious into insipid work. Too few of these selections attain the strength of the few which are excellent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Greek Poems | 3/29/1957 | See Source »

Although the road company lacks some of the sparkle of the original cast, which for the most part is still playing in New York, they put the show over with considerable verve and finesse. Ralph Lowe plays the lead in suitable all-American-boy style. As Applegate, alias Mephistopheles, Ray Walston is properly sardonic and fast-paced. Devra Korwin, who handles the part of the standard siren played by Gwen Verdon on Broadway, is the major sex interest of the show. As a dancer, she is expert, but as a singer she is better to look at than to listen...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: Damn Yankees | 3/28/1957 | See Source »

...month program, primarily a reserve measure, draws off a large number of men who noramlly would enlist for three years or be drafted for two, a considerable reduction of men available for the draft could result. Such a reduction possibly could lead to a draft which called almost every physically fit male and even to a lowering of the age at which most men are being taken--currently 22 years...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Change in Program of National Guard Requires Six Months of Active Duty | 3/27/1957 | See Source »

...study will probably lead to the abolition of English 10 and a drastic revision of the tutorial bibliography and general examinations...

Author: By Christopher Jencks, | Title: Curriculum Reappraisal Planned by English Dept. | 3/27/1957 | See Source »

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