Word: loeb
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...performance more sophisticated or thorough has so far been seen at the Loeb, and the director, George Hamlin, might contentedly have recognized Mr. Seltzer's talent for fabricating first-rate supporting actors out of his own radiance, and left the show entirely to him. For it is clearly Falstaff's huge effrontery, his assurance that his weight and wit make him the incandescent center of his cronies which keeps Peto (Tony Corbett), Bardolph (John Anderson), and Mistress Quickly (Raye Bush) steadily alive. That radiance has happily restrained most--if not enough--of those extremely traditional and extremely irritating ceaseless palsies...
...lack of Loeb polish, though, should not scare you away. With the shrouds of Reading Period gloom rapidly enclosing the College, this play offers an entertaining and charming respite from the general misery...
Cole, who has had several plays produced at the Loeb experimental theatre, called Perera's score "highly melodic--unlike many modern operas." Perera, himself, has extensive experience in composition, and several of his choral works have been performed by the University Choir...
Some very funny people have happened to Plautus on his way from the Loeb Library to the Loeb Drama Center. They are, in chronological order, Erich Segal, David S. Cole, Drew DeShong, Samuel Abbott, Kenneth Tigar and Patricia Fay. Among them, and with the help of several others, and with the help of several others, these wonderful people have made of the Braggart Warrior an exuberant, filthy, and altogether magnificent show...
Have I left anyone out? Please overlook it, for there is an explanation. It is a very nice thing when a grim old reviewer can go to a local comedy and just laugh and laugh. Hats off to the Loeb; it has come...