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Word: linenthall (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The success of this play depends largely on the abilities of the actress who plays the medium, since she must be able to speak with the voices of three women, a child, and a man. Lillian Aylward is in every way equal to her assignment, and achieves the necessary effects...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: Three Plays by Yeats | 11/16/1957 | See Source »

On Baile's Strand is a romantic, youthful work conceived in grandiose terms. To be properly staged, it requires an elaborate set and a large cast. The Poets' Theatre has neither at its disposal, and even the excellent direction of Edward Thommen cannot keep the production from appearing cramped. Sitll...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: Three Plays by Yeats | 11/16/1957 | See Source »

The director, Michael Linenthal, coordinates action and characters adequately, but the actors themselves hardly ever achieve competence. Cathleen would be a fine role for Siobhan McKenna, as Sylvia Weld no doubt realizes, but Miss Weld's half-hearted imitation of Miss McKenna often becomes mannered, and shrinks the great beauty...

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

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