Word: performances
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bleak House is cut to a 25th of its length; unabridged, says Williams, it would take more than 60 hours to perform. The present arrangement is clearly preferable and often pleasant. As sheer virtuosity, Williams' impersonation of 36 characters, his skill as a vocal quick-change artist, is exceptional. As theatrical entertainment, the sayings and doings of such comic creations as Mrs. Jellyby and Mrs. Pardiggle and Harold Skimpole are often great fun. And for the evening as a whole, Williams provides at least a loose rubber band of a story...
Charles Batterman, the National Intercollege and A.A.U. high and low board diving champion, and Johnson C. Montgomery '55 of Eliot House, a member of the swimming team, will perform a combination for intricate diving and comedy acts. Batterman had done professional diving at Jones Beach, New York...
Phantom Crew. The cramped cockpit of the X-3 has no room for anyone except Bill Bridgeman, but the tense men watching the oscilloscopes can perform all the duties of a well-trained crew. They bend electronically over Bridgeman's shoulders, watch banks of instruments that he would have no time to glance at. They warn him when some unfelt danger is still small, but growing...
...might even have time to take over the chores of those who consider the consultations drudgery. Offering the first chance a freshman has to learn about his chosen field from men who know it best, the concentration interview has an important function. A few changes would help it to perform that function far more effectively...
Carl I. Kanter '53, Paul F. Knudson '54, J. D. Bain Murray 2G. Norman R. Shapire 2G. Christian G. Wolff '55, Phebe Wood, Radcliffe graduate student, and Allan D. Sapp, instructor in Music, will perform their own compositions...