Word: schwartz
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...attitude toward China should not depend on our opinion of the Chinese system," said Benjamin L. Schwartz '38, Professor of Chinese History, in a brief interview yesterday. "We don't have to approve of the system to make our policy more flexible...
Benjamin I. Schwartz '22, professor of History and Government, said that American use of gas would "give a strong impetus to the Chinese effort to destroy the American image." He challenged the American "policy of despair which says, 'Let world opinion go hang...
...cardboard set looks silly in the middle of the Lowell House Dining Room, so Schwartz has the stage hands finish building it during the performance. Rather than leave Robert Kettleson (Count) standing agape when Robert Croog (Figars) is singing at him, he has him fall asleep--because of an all-night, we are informal. Thomas Weber (Bartolo) doesn't manage to get dressed until the final scene. And lest anyone suspect him of taking a production of Paisiello's Barber of Seville at all seriously, Schwartz throws in the usual sighs and winks and swaggers...
...Schwartz didn't think he could make the unadorned illusion stick he should have watched his Figaro. Croog at once completely unbelievable and completely right. Even staring out at the audience with opera glasses a love duet he remained in character...
This could have been an elegant and amusing production. The talent was there. And even as it is, it's enjoyable. But Schwartz has cluttered the show with all-executed tricks. Gilding his lily, he makes it droop...