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...Russian Manner on English Themes" as homage to Anton Chekhov, whose Three Sisters appeared earlier this semester at the Loeb. The imprint of Chekhov's style is apparent in Shaw's reliance on dialogue, rather than physical action or plot development, to express characterization and the atmosphere of pre-war England. But while the Loeb production evoked a dismal and saturnine mood, emphasizing the tragedy in Chekhov's tragicomic style, this version of Heartbreak House is too delightful a farce to be subdued by Shaw's satire of social mores...
This Tommy will not possess the likes of Elton John or Tina Turner. But it does contain a corps of trained dancers, some professional or pre-professional. In one six-minute number. they perform a hybrid of jazz and ballet combinations choreographed to vintage rock music. Tommy also boasts some sophisticated multimedia effects; obviously, the show demands that attention be paid to sound and lighting. We sincerely hope the change of scene hasn't irrepairably disrupted the production, and that the show opens with enthusiasm and expertise undiminished...
...plot is typical Gilbert and Sullivan--complex, nonsensical, and irrelevant. The princess of the title flees her palace to avoid marrying a prince pre-chosen for her. She establishes a school for young ladies, dedicated to the disliking of men. The school is literally shut away from male society by a wall that encloses the grounds. But the royal finance, in search of his princess, manages to enter the school--disguised as a girl. The women's academy setting loosely ties the production into the Radcliffe centennial, reportedly one of G & S's reasons for mounting the show this year...
...background of World War 1--a conflict whose cataclysmic effects were very much realized by its contemporaries--has caused some critics to feel that the weird household represents the disintegrating pre-war society in microcosm. In the sense that the play portrays a group of people, suspended and enclosed while their world slips away from them. Hearbreak House resembles the works of Anton Chekov. In the play's preface, Shaw expresses the desire to write "a fantasia in the Russian manner." A mixture of mystery and melancholy, Hearbreak House could be described as something of a cross between Agatha Christie...
Spokesmen for the unions and for the university yesterday declined to say whether the actions were the result of a pre-arranged agreement...