Word: playe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...regulations state firmly that no scenery can be used. For a while, ordinary flats took the place of scenery. But just before the opening of "Henry IV" last December, the state building inspector decided that flats came under the category of scenery. He also threatened to close down the play, but later withdrew his objections--for the time being. According to the Cambridge fire chief, the inspector announced that if any more plays were going to be put on in Sanders, somebody would have to build a proscenium arch with an asbestos curtain. The president of HTW suggested that...
...long time the Dramatic Club, and more recently the Theater Workshop, have been struggling with Sanders' physical layout. The stage itself meets the requirements of Elizabethan drama, and impressionist plays like "Our Town," where any hare platform will do. The choice of plays has often revolved on the problem of what can be done with poor old 16th century Sanders. In some cases, a whack at a play that is neither impressionist nor Elizabethan has produced ingenious efforts at staging the near impossible, but for the most part, the Sanders stage lias severely limited the selection of material...
...charges are certainly legitimate; they could well he expected to be the same in any commercial theater. But the University seems only too determined to exact its pound of flesh. The bills are presented in a business-like fashion, and are expected to be paid promptly. If a play flops, the bills are still there, clamoring for payment just as loudly as bills of outside establishments...
...Henry IV, Part One," for instance, HTW barely broke even, and yet the play drew large crowds for each performance. For services connected with the use of Sanders, the Workshop had to pay the University about $560. If the play had been a failure financially, HTW couldn't have paid its bills. And apparently, University aid in such a dilemma would not leap forth...
...concerned the Theater Workshop has simply given up. It is going elsewhere; not that there's anywhere much else to go, but the Sanders situations has just proven too heavy a load to bear. HDC is wavering on the brink. Sanders is out of the question for its spring play, and the Club has managed to squeeze into the Brattle Sreet Theater. Beyond that, HDC doesn't know...