Word: mannerized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gustave Wolf, whose paintings can be seen at the Gropper Gallery, worked in two styles: one, a religious, mystical manner reminiscent of Blake, and the other a rather academic approach. The designs and allegories a la Blake lack the English man's fluidity. They tend to be cramped and a little stiff, although decorative and full of imagination. The best pictures are the self-portraits in the second style. Others of these academic attempts do not escape the abyss of the artist's Germanicism. For example, the painting of the French town of Carcasonne looks like...
...superbly dramatic revelation scene, The Potting Shed, by its writing and storytelling alike, more and more grips and stirs its audience. And thanks to a generally fine production, the last act is partly salvaged. As James Callifer's mother, Dame Sybil Thorndike displays an almost vanished grand manner. As James's exwife, Leueen MacGrath has quiet poise. As James, Robert Flemyng manages to make flatness sharp and inner deadness alive, while Frank Conroy, as the uncle, is merely perfect...
...hours a student may spend on his dramatic work, the only feasible solution to this problem is a limit set by the drama groups themselves on the number of their productions. It should be possible for the groups to reach agreements on this point in an informal manner, and such agreements might also well prevent the presentation of more than one play on the same weekend. Harvard Theater, which already makes a great contribution to life at the University, might make a yet greater one by choosing its vehicles with greater wisdom, and by adopting drama race for prestige...
...Green boasts the tallest team on the varsity's schedule, averaging about 6-5 per man. It has started off in a rather mediocre manner in defense of its league crown, with only a 3 and 2 Ivy record, but is still in position to make a serious fight for the championship...
...difficulties to the production. The stage is rather small for a set which needs to represent two rooms and a porch, and the lighting equipment is barely adequate. As a result the director and his designer, Alfred Kaufman, were forced to stage a few scenes in such a manner that the furniture partially obscured the actors. But the set did have appropriately grubby appearance of a house in a poor section of New Orleans...