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...opinion was on a day-to-day basis about the war. Lanky (6 ft. 6 in.) Playwright Robert Emmet Sherwood (Reunion in Vienna, Abe Lincoln in Illinois) tuned in on a Finn-Russian war broadcast last Christmas Day, got so excited he wrote a play in January which Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne tried out in March and opened last week in New York City: "There Shall Be No Night" (see p. 52). Columnist Raymond Clapper viewed with alarm...
Kaarlo Valkonen (Alfred Lunt) is a scientist strongly opposed to war. But when war comes on the terms it does, Valkonen abandons his pacifism, turns down a chance to leave Finland, and goes, like his patriot son, to be killed. His wife (Lynn Fontanne) stays also, prepared to defend her home, but she compels her daughter-in-law, who is expecting a child, to flee the country...
Though forceful acting by Alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontanne bolsters up the play, it is actually much more sincere than skillful. It is not Sherwood's art, but the audience's apprehensiveness, that gives "There Shall Be No Night" its grim interest. During periods of world upheaval, an inspired dramatist can sometimes be surpassed by a simple rewrite...
...plays in which it has no producing interest. Today it is also under new management. For nearly 20 years six directors-Lawyer Lawrence Langner, Scene Designer Lee Simonson, Banker Maurice Wertheim, Actress Helen Westley, Director Philip Moeller, Theatre-Mind Theresa Helburn-ran the Guild, admitting but one newcomer: Alfred Lunt. Last year the board voted all power to Langner and Helburn. Judging by this season's results, two bosses are better than seven...
...dramatic side there is the Theatre Collection, consisting of programs, memoirs, etc., of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, who just finished playing at the Colonial. Don't forget however, that Harry Widener's collection of rare books is always in the Widener Room, and that they never refuse students permission to look over the books...