Word: loebs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Dublin and then on to Galway, where, I'm told, I will find relatives--whose existence I have previously been quite unaware of--but who have nonetheless managed to acquire a hotel and are, surprisingly enough, getting on. Well, seeing Brendan Behan's The Hostage at the Loeb a few nights ago almost changed all that. Though I'm sure my second cousin's hostel cannot be half as entertaining as the brothel in which Behan's play is set (in fact, to judge from those of my relatives who came to this country, I'm sure...
...course, if the director, Louis Criss, should require any defense, he need only point to no less a name than Emerson--consistency is the bugaboo of little minds, and Criss will have none of it. He always keeps the pace moving fast (this is one three-hour Loeb production that doesn't drag), sometimes too fast (the ending, particularly, is quite confusing), while all the time throwing in lets of contemporary asides. I could quibble over whether many of the adlibs should have been included. (Mentioning Bristol, Disneyland, and Somerville in the same line doesn't strike me as particularly...
...Monday Night Concert Series--Alexander Schnedier, violinist and Chamber Ensemble at Sanders Theatre. Tickets at Loeb Drama Center and at door. Admission charge...
...Monday Night Concert Series--Boston Philharmonia with Leon Kirchner, conductor at Sanders Theatre. Tickets at Loeb Drama Center and at the door. Admission charge...
...Monday Night Concert Series--Pina Carmirelli, violinist, and Luis Battle, pianist. Tickets at Loeb Drama Center. Admission charge...