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...atempts to be horribly classical. If you belong to the former school of theatregoers, there is absolutely no reason why you should not have a most pleasant evening at the Arlington Theatre: if you are of the latter type, the chances are very strong that Mr. Leiber's production will cause you considerable suffering...
...seeing a good play produced as such. If history fails us not, the Elizabethans went in order to see the play. The tendency to go for the aesthetic pleasure of seeing Jno Barry more is but a modern development. Hence, it must be said in all sincerity that Fritz Leiber as Petrnchio, and his accompanying cast in "The Taming of the Shrew" gave us just what we wanted...
...Leiber is gifted with intuition enough to grasp the fact, that net yet at any rate is he either Hampien or Barrymore. With that in the back of his mind, as well as his own private theories as to the manner of presenting the bard of Avon's plays he has gone ahead. Far from following the custom any path, he leaves the pomposity which suits but so few pieces anyway, and proceeds to tone ats Shakespere down. He in particular, but the supporting cast as well, render their lines as though they were of twentieth century vintage...
...Shakespeare, as it has often been said, was essentially a showman," remarked Fritz Leiber to a CRIMSON interviewer the other day. "I believe that any play of Shakespeare's, even with the small amount of merely suggestive scenery used in his day, could be acted behind a soundproof glass curtain, and the audience would understand it as well or even better than the wordy actionless plays of today, which rely upon witty dialogue for their raison d'etre...
Certainly there are Hamlets and Hamlets and manifold methods of interpretation. Some fit the part, others do not. Mr. Leiber is one who is particularly suited to it. It does not seem, certainly, in his case that anything is lest by foregoing most opportunities for extreme grandiloquence. To those who care more for their Shakespeare than for the accomplishments of the actor and who appreciate the force of judicious simplicity, Fritz Leiber is certain to appeal strongly...