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...easy enough for a reviewer to dig enough dirt out of William Surface's book to put him under ground (not underground) forever. The Poisoned Ivy is ludi-crously poorly organized, pieced together with the kind of choppy incoherence that insures no reader will be able to read this book for ten minutes without having to put it down...

Author: By John G. Short, | Title: Poisoned Pen | 6/10/1968 | See Source »

...content merely to don the assorted masks that Carnovsky parcelled out. This foible seemed the particular property of the villains. Matt Conley in the most unkindest role of all, the bastard Edmund, exercised enough wit and restraint to stay this side of melodrama. But Regan (Phoebe Brand) and Goneril (Ludi Claire) ranted and raved, groaned and grimaced. Robert Benedict's Oswald was arch and despicable, Nick Smith's Cornwall took appropriate relish in kicking out Gloucester's eyes; these actors' evil was far too lunatic to be cruel. The audience tittered...

Author: By George H. Rosen, | Title: King Lear | 2/9/1966 | See Source »

Hesse, Magister Ludi...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Best Sellers in the Square | 4/9/1964 | See Source »

...Onkle Ludi's" economics have wide political implications. Support of the United States in Europe means support of U. S. foreign policy. Many Germans share Adensuer's suspicion about the current round of agreements between the Americans and the Russians. Their reasons are obvious. West Germans now take American military support for granted and are used to having their own army. They are not too concerned about nuclear disarmament and have shed most of their feelings of guilt about World War II. They worry about only one thing: the question of reunification. To them, any move to agree with...

Author: By David M. Gordon, | Title: Erhard in Office | 11/8/1963 | See Source »

...metaphysics of the original. "We ourselves shall be loved for a while and forgotten,' she says. "But the love will have been enough . . . Memory is not necessary for love." Then a few seconds before final curtain, Actress Le Gallienne effectively recited the Beatitudes-tacked on by Adapter-Actress Ludi Claire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Review | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

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