Word: playing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Number four man Joe Somers followed Stubbs and clinched the Harvard team victory with a four-game win over first classman (senior) Will Harrison. "I mixed my drop shots well and took advantage of Harrison's weak front court play," Somers said...
Were it not for the foul line--where both teams had repeated chances to win the game--play might not have advanced into overtime at all. With Harvard ahead by two after Don Fleming's strong drive with 1:59 left in regulation, Flatt was on the line for a one-and-one that would have put Harvard up by three or four with 29 seconds...
...Shakespeare's last works, is a grab bag of genres. Three acts are tragedy, the fourth is primarily romance with comic undertones and the fifth is sheer fantasy--the statue of King Leontes'supposedly dead wife comes to life on stage. In other words, this is not an easy play to direct...
Director Paul Redford has ingeniously underscored most of the show with subtle percussion music, wood blocks, wind chimes and drums that unite the play and make credible the passing of 16 years and the revelation scene in the fifth act. John Krosnick, however, is occasionally heavy-handed with his drumsticks...
...show's first three acts are brilliant, the blocking simple and elegant and the acting convincing. The first three acts are a sad tale, "best for winter." In the fourth act, the play metamorphoses into a springtime world of romance and comedy: Redford's interpretation of this act is fit only for the Ziegfeld follies. He has included kick lines, scat numbers and Three Stooges slapstick falls. These numbers are endless and the act almost succeeds in ruining an otherwise brilliant production...