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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...interest that these little-known fields hold has aided this growth, he said. However, he pointed out that there is a scarcity of books, even in Far Eastern languages, dealing with these subjects. Also, competent teachers are lacking. Because of these difficulties, students are often afraid to enter what Reischauer termed a "frontier situation...
Travis Linn (Parson Manders) gives the most convincing performance. His long speeches, often addressed to the painted fjords at the rear of the stage, are often flat, but, in his shorter lines, he managed to convey the Parson's fatuousness...
...Teas don't generally do this very well," Mrs. Emerson remarked. "I often think that people bring too many cookies and not enough else with them. I prefer to give dinners. By six o'clock working wives can relax and enjoy themselves, the groups are smaller, and we have time to really talk. Teas are too large and too anonymous. One time, a newcomer at a tea came over to me and asked me if there was anyone I would like to meet. I was really very delighted...
...played by the Lowell Dramatic Group, Ghosts is almost vapid. The actors appear to observe the characters from the outside, often reciting lines as if they were participating in a first or second rehearsal. Each has a few good moments, each delivers occasional lines with gratifying conviction, but none is capable of sustaining the intensity which Ghosts requires...
...pivotal figure in the play is, of course, Mrs. Alving, but as Anne Miner portrays her she is constrained almost to the point of inarticulateness. In the minor roles, Lisa Commager (the Alving's maid) is beautiful and occasionally quite good, while Laurence Jacobs often misinterprets the character of Jacob Engstrand, a Falstaffian carpenter...