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...Giant's Stair (Thurs. 10 p. m. CBS). Columbia Workshop presents Charles R. Jackson's radio adaptation of Wilbur Daniel Steele's one-act play...
...weaknesses in American twentieth century economy are Rogers' chapters on the anti-inflationists, the perennial budget-balancers, and on the rapid growth of interstate commercial restrictions. Inflation, as exemplified by the devaluation of the dollar, he prescribes as a possible means of relieving a contracted credit situation. In a one-act play, he gives a cross section of public reasoning on the inflation question, which is dominated by Al Smith's "I am for gold dollars as against baloney dollars!" Possibly Professor Rogers' most valuable discussion is that which deals with the national budget. Here he expounds the theory that...
...summer school has always been known for its excellent courses in the drama, and this year was no exception. John Mason Brown, dramatic critic of the New York Post, gave the most popular course in the yard. "The History of the Modern Theatre." A one-act tragedy written in Brown's course last year, "Vengeance in Leka", was among the plays put on in the Hasty Pudding Club theatre under the direction of Frederick C, Packard, assistant professor of Public Speaking...
...Vengeance in Leka," described as a "bloodthirsty one-act play", written by Wycliff McCracken, student last summer under John Mason Brown '23 in the Summer School will be produced by students studying acting, stage management, and play writing...
...cash. But after a succession of muffled death-rattles backstage, the Mercury came to its first play's first night. On November 11 it produced Julius Caesar. On November 12 the public was informed that Shakespeare's five-act classic had: 1) been turned into a one-act cyclone, 2) on a bare stage, 3) in modern dress, 4) with a modern meaning, 5) gone over with the loudest bang that Shakespeare-lovers could recall. And decidedly First in Rome had been Director Orson Welles for managing the entire production, Actor Orson Welles for making Brutus come alive...