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Czech Composer Bohuslav Martinu wrote a slapstick one-act opera in 1937 called Comedy on the Bridge. It was a satire on war, and everybody had a good time when they heard the Prague radio premiere that year. Says Expatriate Martinu, sad-eyed, 60, and full of memories of Munich and its aftermath: "Six months later, I could not have written...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Limelight at 60 | 6/11/1951 | See Source »

Verse plays written and acted by students proved Monday night to have a surprising drawing power; a large and sympathetic audience attended the first evening of one-act plays by the Poets' Theatre. Although none of the works presented was completely satisfying, they showed considerable promise, and the reception should encourage future productions...

Author: By Daniel Elisberg, | Title: The Playgoer | 3/1/1951 | See Source »

Idler is now working on the casting of a one-act play to be presented Tuesday, March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Idler Names Officers | 2/16/1951 | See Source »

...one-act plays have been planned for the first afternoon as the traditional entertainment for the freshmen's senior sisters. The Crimson Stumpers will play that night at a jazz concert in Agassiz Theatre, and will provide music for the informal dance following the performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Freshmen Set Weekend Ticket Sale | 2/7/1951 | See Source »

...Lyon Phelps '45, spokesman for the group, announced last night that the first program would be made up of four one-act plays "Everyman," a masque by John Ashbery '50; "Interlude," by Richard Eberhart; "Try! Try!" by Francis O'Hara '50; and "A Play About Three Words," by Phelps. All of these poets have had poems published...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Poets' Theater' Will Stage Plays Written in Verse | 2/6/1951 | See Source »

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