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Almost the entire cast of "Figaro!" has approached the play in the buoyant spirit of farce comedy. Jerome Kohn and Ailene Pressman, in the roles of Count Almaviva and Susanne, give animated, completely enjoyable performances. John Kerr, as the hero, Figaro, is far too subdued in the role of a shrewd, extravagant character. Roshanne Dunjhibboy creates a Countess of Almaviva who is completely believable, although lacking some comic spirit. David Bowen is a pleasure to watch as the drunken gardener, and John Gates, Michael Mabry, and Ivan Nabokoff are all alert and lively performers...
David Bowen '51 will play the part of Figaro, and Ailene S. Pressman 51 will play Suzanne...
Cinemactress Claudette Colbert was having her troubles in Hollywood. In January she slipped on a step and cracked a vertebra. Later, in a brace, she tried to walk downstairs, slipped again and ruptured a disc. Doctors, including her husband, Dr. Joel Pressman, estimated that it would be another month before she could be up & around. Complained Claudette: "If I'd been anybody else, I'd have gone to a doctor. But when you're married to one you hate to bother him with family ailments...
Four Radcliffe girls acted in last night's play; Martha Fortek '53, Eleanor Kent '53, Renee S. Michelson '53, and Ailene S. Pressman '51. The one Harvard student who participated in the comedy was Marvin E. Mazie...
Notes made by Berle after the interview, however, somewhat contradicted Berle's memory: Berle's notes, made public at the Hiss trial, indicated that Chambers had charged that at least three former Government attorneys-Lee Pressman, Nathan Witt and John Abt-were members of an "underground group." Among other items in Berle's notes was the line: "Plans for two super-battleships secured in 1937-who gave-." Also from Berle's notes: "Donald Hiss [brother of Alger], member of C.P. with Pressman and Witt . . ." and-"Alger Hiss, Ass't. to Sayre-C.P.-1937. Member...