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...Michael, a central (and homosexual) character of Boys. Like his first play, Asylum will be in the tradition of the "well-made" American play. But his third play, Crowley said, is "moving further along." All the characters are straight and the structure of the work is influenced by Pirandello, whom he admires greatly...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Mart Crowley and 'The Boys' | 3/25/1970 | See Source »

...Pirandello used to ponder the curious fate of the great playwright who, being mortal, changed and died, but whose characters were immutable and immortal. Witnessing great drama means spending an evening with these immortals. The Three Sisters, Olga, Masha, and Irina, who yearn in vain to go to Moscow, have a place in the minds and hearts of people who have never even seen the Chekhov play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Poet of Bruised Hearts | 2/23/1970 | See Source »

...longer normal. In order to heal himself, he holes up in a strange pad, assumes a fresh identity and films his sexual and spiritual agonies in a voyeur's version of Candid Camera. The analyst analyzed, the schizoid psyche caught flagrante delicto-it is a notion worthy of Pirandello or Antonioni. And totally beyond Milton Moses Ginsberg, neophyte writer-director of Coming Apart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Shrinking Shrink | 11/7/1969 | See Source »

These are an unspecified work by Pirandello and two evenings of one act plays, America Hurrah and Morning, Noon and Night...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: The New Boston Theatre Season: The Good, the Bad, and the Loeb | 9/22/1969 | See Source »

...WITH THE FLOWER IN HIS MOUTH. An evening of three one-acters by Italian Playwright Luigi Pirandello. The title play deals with death, The License with the evil eye, and The Jar with innate human idiocy. The actor who animates each is Jay Novello, a wily performer with a tasty slice of prosciutto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: May 16, 1969 | 5/16/1969 | See Source »

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