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Hard hit by the shortage of manpower and womanpower, the clubs are forced to limit themselves to plays requiring only small stage crews. Productions now being considered are George Bernard Shaw's "In the Good Old Days of King Charles": "Afton Water," by William Saroyan; and "Awake and Sing," a creation of Clifford Odets. Since performance dates have been set tentatively for April 15, 16, and 17, the players will probably arrive at an early decision on their choice. Dark horse among the plays considered is a new drama written by Norman Mailer '43, "Man Chasm...
...play itself goes somewhat into the fourth dimension and bring William Shakespeare, G. B. Shaw, William Saroyan, and Lillian Hellman all into the same room at the same time...
...play starts in the single squared ring of the prize fights but soon spreads out into a three ring circus. The fight is between Shakespeare and Saroyan to determine who is to be credited as the guiding light of the drama, for posterity. Howard Mumford Jones shows up to be referee and brings along several of his English I section men to act as seconds and one thing and another...
...play is ended on a sad note when William Saroyan decides to lead the dramatic field from a ranch in Arizona and fades out midst the sorrowful strains of "Home On the Range." The play is produced by Louis Eno '44, with Mendy Weisgall of HDC fame, Larry Creshkoff and Lon Weinman taking the leading roles...
Elected to membership in the National Institute of Arts & Letters was William Saroyan, gamin of dramaturgy, along with fellow litterateurs Samuel N. Behrman, James Gould Cozzens, John Gneisenau Neihardt. Now an Army private, bad boy Saroyan remained silent about the organization of which Sinclair Lewis once remarked that it "does not represent American letters today. It represents only Henry Wadsworth Longfellow." Elected vice president: ex-bad boy Sinclair Lewis...