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Word: propsed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The technical proficiency of most of the productions is impressive in view of the fact that everybody had to work with only such props as they could find in New Haven or bring along, and with no sets at all. It may be symptomatic of something or other that the...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: Yale Drama Festival | 4/13/1957 | See Source »

The cluttered set compressed cast and crew like a too-tight corset. Some six basic sets, including Graustarkian streets, bridges, gardens and flats on casters and hundreds of props were arranged in a tight circle on a stage about the size of a basketball court. Off in one niche among...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Rear View | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

Subtle, intriguing and full of originality, the play recalls other writers who, steering by Freud with a list to Oedipus, showed man haunted by the ghost of his mother, and combined the pursuit of love with a longing for death. But Aiken is first and foremost a poet with an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Last Journey | 2/4/1957 | See Source »

Chief scriptwriter and star of the show is tall, earnest Chemist Seaborg, who believes that "science should be a part of the repertory of a cultured man." The films were put together with a paltry $44,000 budget by Rice and the staff of KQED, one of the most adventurous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Elementary | 12/31/1956 | See Source »

The minor roles are brandished competently. The lighting, especially when there is hardly any light on stage, is also fine. The whole production is directed with care and spirit by Bretaigne Windust; he introduces several amusing gestures and poses, creates humor with several clever props--e.g., a dead man's...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: Arsenic and Old Lace | 12/1/1956 | See Source »

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