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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Well, they reached rock bottom last week," my date astutely commented Tuesday night as we left the Tufts Arena Theater. And right she was, both in the statement itself and in its implication that Tufts has taken the first tentative step back toward respectability with the production this week of Alison's House by Susan Glaspell...

Author: By John Kasdan, | Title: 'Alison's House' at Tufts | 7/16/1959 | See Source »

...from Chicago comes down to see the room in which Alison worked, and off we go. Old Aunt Agatha, Alison's constant companion, now grown senile, tries unsuccessfully to burn down the house. Elsa Stanhope who, years before, ran off with a married man, returns to spend one final night in the house. Aunt Agatha dies in Elsa's arms, first giving her a packet containing many previously hidden poems of Alison's. The poems disclose all of the details of the starcrossed love affair, and the father of the family tries to burn them, to "protect my sister...

Author: By John Kasdan, | Title: 'Alison's House' at Tufts | 7/16/1959 | See Source »

...Charles River to a specially constructed dock near the new theatre. During the 35-minute ride, expensive cigars, small bottles of brandy, and coffee were distributed. On disembarkation the riders were met by bright lights and a barrage of television cameras. And during the first intermission of Twelfth Night, a fireworks display was set off over the River...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Governor Opens New Arts Center Theatre | 7/16/1959 | See Source »

...first in a series of three Summer Folk Festival concerts was well received by a small but enthusiastic crowd at John Hancock Hall last Friday night. Bob Gibson, accompanying himself on a five-string banjo and a twelve-string guitar, presented a program of "off-beat" folksongs and "old favorites...

Author: By Helen Hersey, | Title: 'Off-beat' Bob Gibson Sings at Hancock Hall | 7/16/1959 | See Source »

Middle of the Night. Paddy Chayefsky's highly effective saga about a lonely September widower (Fredric March) and a neurotic May girl (Kim Novak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Jul. 13, 1959 | 7/13/1959 | See Source »

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