Word: lear
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that Pottering will become a major pastime in the U.S. Or, it may be necessary to develop some Counterpotters. Cogg-Willoughby, an experienced anti-humor player, might very well say: "Of course, what has gone out of our lives and our laughter is the fine simplicity of an Edward Lear." An American might do worse than to remark quietly but firmly: "Rather heavily on the British side, don't you think...
...Shav, a puppet play in which he restates his half-serious, half-mocking claim to being the Shakespeare of his own day. After Shakes and Shav have knocked each other down, argued about Sir Walter Scott and debated the relative merits of their own plays ("Couldst thou write King Lear...
...series of "Open Meetings of the Dramatic Club" will take place at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon in the Fogg Large Lecture Room. Frederick C. Packard, associate professor of Public Speaking and Curator of the Harvard Vocarium Collection, will play recordings of Gielgud's "Hamlet," Oxford University's "King Lear," and T. S. Eliot's Theodore Spencer Lecture...
...King Lear, with Louis Calhern in the title role, has been successfully, if elaborately, revived. (National...
...this Lear has not philosophic weight enough, nor bright enough poetic wings...