Word: life
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...parts for the most part are handled adequately. Kilty is excellent as old Tarleton. He says, "In the theater of life everyone is amused but the actor," and then goes to "contemplate his destiny...
Take nine players, throw them into a living room, knock out a wall and give them an audience. Without action the result is liable to be dull exposition of the ordinary topics of life, unless a catalytic agent is inserted. In the present production by the Brattle Hall players, George Bernard Shaw is the catalyst; his magic transforms the discussion into an amusing, intelligent play which the actors handle in a most capable manner...
...late in his first period. He is less concerned with dramatic plots than with what he has to say. Four characters present contrasting points of view: John Tarleton Sr. (Jerry Kilty), a prosperous underwear manufacturer and a representative of the middle class, would revolt against his day to day life for one of ideas; his son (Miles Morgan), a middle class moralist, "likes to know where he is;" daughter Hypatia (Helen Mareey) fights against her middle class associates who sit around and "discuss whether what other people say is right;" and Lord Summerhays (Thayer David) represents traditional English aristocracy...
...have rather than what they want, without fear of detrimental consequences. In this country, few sponsors have the courage to sponsor a direct form of education because they know their chances of holding listeners are better if they give away ice-boxes or tell how a woman can enjoy life beyond...
...many other schools, undergraduate organizations such as fraternities handle a major part of student life. Students live and eat and spend their Saturday nights in clubs or fraternity houses; undergraduate offices frequently become the particular property of a specific fraternity. In such schools, admission of a club can make or break a student's life...