Word: lysistrata
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Greek comedy is by character frankly coarse ad obscene. Radcliffe Idlers' have emasculated the script of Aristophanes' "Lysistrata," but without complete revision of script or ineptness of cast, the play is bound to be entertaining. This production, even without a finished polish, is successful...
...essence of this production is its lightness and airiness but it would be even more so if some members of the cast were more confident. Milton Schlein, as the pompous Magistrate, enjoys the part, and so does buxom Martha Fontek, as Lampito. Virginia Carroll as Lysistrata occasionally forgets in the first act that comedy demands a fast and forceful delivery, but she plays with increased confidence in the second...
...Lysistrata requires a larger cast than Idler has been in the habit of using. Dean Small doubted whether sufficient talent was available to select a cast capable of giving a satisfactory performance...
...Radcliffe administration has with drawn its protest that "Lysistrata" is too "vulgar" a play to be produced by Idler, the Annex dramatic group...
Also announced were the final castings for the production, which is slated for December 15 and 16 in Agassiz Theatre. Virginia Carrol '51 plays the part of Lysistrata, who induces the women of Greece to protest against the Peloponnesian War by refusing to go to bed with their husbands and any other...