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There are no answers, and the final moments of the play suffer somewhat from a lack of resolution. But the crisp, authoritative acting of Norman Rose as Father and the admirable sets by Lester Polakov that meld the eerie with the ordinary, manage to make the play most satisfactorily unsettling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old Plays: The Sound and The Schmurz | 10/11/1968 | See Source »

...line of reasoning, it must be admitted that Berghof has succeeded in doing almost everything he set out to do. His production makes use of the fine two-story basic stage that Robert O'Hearn designed for the Cambridge Drama Festival's shows in Sanders Theatre. High up, Lester Polakov (whose costumes add much to the general lightness and brightness) has affixed a number of white, stylized orange-tree tops. And by having spikes driven into the poles, Berghof has enabled people to scamper up to a third level. In the garden scene where Malvolio discovers the faked letter, Berghof...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Twelfth Night | 7/16/1959 | See Source »

Much of the credit for an enjoyable production of this difficult play must go to the perceptive direction of Eric Bentley, who never lets the action drag for a moment. Lester Polakov's set also was effective, combining the elegance of an claborate town house with the stark atmosphere of a Chamber of Inquisition...

Author: By Joseph P. Lorenz, | Title: Right You Are | 3/28/1952 | See Source »

...Efficient Are the Russians?", will be the subject of a talk by W. N. Polakov before a meeting of the Harvard Engineering Society tomorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock in Pierce 110. The lecture, which will be illustrated, is open to the public...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EFFICIENCY OF SOVIETS IS SUBJECT OF POLAKOV TALK | 3/8/1932 | See Source »

...Polakov was formerly a Consulting Engineer for the Supreme Economic Council of the U.S.S.R. His appearance at this meeting is being sponsored jointly by the Harvard and Boston branches of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EFFICIENCY OF SOVIETS IS SUBJECT OF POLAKOV TALK | 3/8/1932 | See Source »

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