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...awkward. On the other hand, Lillian Aylward, as Chamberlain's God-fearing wife, uses forth-right gestures and voice to create a strong characterization. As Oona, Cathleen's foster-mother, Gail Kepner shows perfectly adequate control of a dull part, but her attention, understandably, often wanders away from it. Liam Clancy, who looks like a feckless young Irish poet, plays one, but with mere wistful lyricism; his voice lacks distinction as much as his spirit lacks life. Finally, the two devils, despite their appropriate looks, need shape, and are neither enticing nor sympathetic nor humorous...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: The Countess Cathleen | 4/18/1957 | See Source »

...STORIES OF LIAM O'FLAHERTY (419 pp.)-Devin-Adair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Man of Aran | 6/4/1956 | See Source »

...unsmiling Irish eyes of Liam O'Flaherty, man's fate is as harsh as that of the beasts which he kills in his dependence on them for life. And man's fate is no less tragic for not being understood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Man of Aran | 6/4/1956 | See Source »

...Washington's "good music" Radio Sta tion WGMS beamed out the world pre miere of a recording made in the U.S. by a recent visitor, Russian Pianist Emil Gilels (TIME, Oct. 17). On hand as the disk's jockey: Supreme Court Justice Wil liam O. Douglas, a persistent advocate of U.S. -Soviet cultural exchanges ever since his 8,000-mile jaunt about the U.S.S.R...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 5, 1955 | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

...Wayward Saint has the materials for a delicate satiric fantasy; in spots it boasts nice, imaginative touches and humorous lines, and in Irish Actor Liam Redmond it has an expertly lovable canon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Feb. 28, 1955 | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

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