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...first production, Oedipus the King, began a club tradition of producing plays in their original languages. This year the group will follow suit by presenting Oedipus at Colonus in the Greek. And whether the Sophocles drama is a success or not, it will enter a colorful club's annals along with other productions which have made dramatic history at the University. The story behind these plays are now on exhibit at Widener and Lamont...
...virtues of both plans might be attained by combining them into one great interlocking directorate. This new institution, the Harvard Dramatic Organ, could prevent recalcitrant individualists from forming new "out-caste" groups, simply by scheduling some spectacle, say Aida, at the same time as the out-caste performance of Oedipus, which would not have the benefit of sets. With the new emphasis on harmony and unity, all kinds of wonders could be worked. The Cambridge community must look with favor upon the combined efforts of Schwalb and the H.D.C. As Yeats himself says hopefully, "And what rough beast its hour...
After Miss Hewitt's she got a good small part on Broadway in It's a Gift. "Talk began to go around," says Director Anthony, "about this scrawny creature with such extraordinary power." She was hired by the Old Vic as an onstage moan in Oedipus. One night she forgot to take off her wristwatch before her big scene, and after it Sir Laurence Olivier, well aware that the Greeks did not have wristwatches, remarked with chill politeness: "Well, my dear, you certainly bitched that...
Fully balancing the power of the Gabricli work was a series of scenes from Oedipus Rex, a setting by Igor Stravinsky of Jean Cocteau's Latin text. The use of piano accompaniment reduced the effectiveness of Stravinsky's rhythmically complex and dramatic score, but exciting singing from the European list group counteracted the lack of an orchestra. I Carter Brown '56 was an excellent narrator and Robert L. Loud '56 sang the part of a messenger lustily. Donald Parsons 1G had too light and lyric a tenor voice for the extremely difficult role of Oedipus...
Included in the Friday night program are: "In Ecclesiis" by Gabriel, scenes from "Oedipus Rex" by Stravinski, and "The Last Word of David" by Randall Thompson, chairman of the Music Department. G. Wallace Woodworth will conduct this Friday night...