Word: lysistrata
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...part she has ever played that is any deeper than her makeup. In Sleeping Prince she will have to hold the screen against Sir Laurence Olivier, one of the most accomplished actors of the English-speaking world. Next winter, it was reported last week, Marilyn will tackle Aristophanes' Lysistrata on TV, and she is deadly determined that some day she will play Grushenka in The Brothers Karamazov...
...Lysistrata and Seventh Heaven...
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...