Word: loeb
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Theoretically, our sympathy with the characters could produce a certain amount of dramatic tension even though we already know the final outcome. Unfortunately, the Loeb production lacks even that tension. Part of the failure can be blamed on Brecht's dialogue, which has a stiffness that marks his characters as unreal figures, as mere vehicles for statements. To a large extent, however, the fault lies with the uneven acting. George Hamlin, as Galileo, has a powerful, expressive voice, but he seems to have trouble remembering his lines. Some of his slips and stammers fit in with the image...
BRAVER MINDS in our literary past have said that it is immoral, if not impossible, to divorce style form meaning. Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and the delighted response that it elicited from Loeb Ex audiences last weekend challenge that ponderous view of art. A farcical confection, the play is concocted solely with equal parts elan and elegance levened with tart social witticisms. George Bernard Shaw perceived, with some astuteness, that the resulting delicacy is rather "heartless" because it lacks proximity to emotion. But to an audience suffering from the true heartlessness of reading period, the comedy...
GALILEO, by Bertolt Brecht. Personally, I have always believed the earth is the center of the universe. But don't let that stop you. Sources close to the Loeb say this is a great production of a poor play. Other sources close to the Loeb say it's a great play in a poor production. Clearly a mixed brew. 8 at the Loeb...
GALILEO, by Bertolt Brecht. When Brecht testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, they asked him if he had ever been a communist. "No, no, no, never, no," he replied. Eppur si mueve. Opens tonight, 7:30 at the Loeb...
...IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde. "Pleasure, pleasure, pleasure: what else should bring one anywhere?" Which might not go over well in Phil 10 (maybe it would), but which made for a very funny play. 7:30 at the Loeb...