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Diana Gisolfi, fine arts; Jane L. Goldsmith, Slavic languages & literatures; Emily L. Hartshorne, history; Michele Kaufman, astronomy; Eliza D. Kellogg, English; Judith G. Kirshner, English; Mrs. Marjorie K. McIntosh, history; Susanne L. Mack, history & literature; Mrs. Susan K. Matisoff, Far Eastern languages...
Radcliffe winners are Sarah H. Bowen, Dulcie J. Eames, Alice B. Kasakoff, Mrs. S. K. Matisoff, and Vivien H. Oppenheim...
...Kelley as Agate, who leads the strike call at the end, goes ape more extravagantly than any of the others, but every grin and every sob is controlled and effective. Mr. Kelley is excellent, and Ronald Coralian, Richard Dozier, Betsy Bartholet, and Harvey White also do good work. James Matisoff, Mikel Lambert, and Robert Gamble also give satisfactory performances according to their lights, but all three seemed to me miscast...
Mechanically, the production is weak. The attempt to make Matisoff look bald makes him look like a victim of skull-fracture. The lights flicker at odd moments. The producers did not bother to procure a little boy for the messenger role. Happily enough, the almost dadaist spirit of the play accommodates any number of lapses like these, as long as the actors are as convincing as the current group...
...above begs the question every review must answer: is the play worth seeing? The answer, upon reflection, is yes. With its several flaws, Hartman's Godot stands up well when compared to the excellent all-Negro version. Matisoff may be even better than his opposite number was; only Graham falls far short, which merely proves that there are too few Geoffrey Holders in the theatre. And, after all, everyone should see Waiting for Godot at least once...