Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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They said on the 27th of March last that it couldn't be done, and it did seem impossible: to level and fill 16 acres of what had once been a salt marsh, dig a moat, lay foundation piles and piers, erect a huge theatre of pioneering design, and prepare a production in time for a July 9 opening...
...President Sukarno flew back to his stricken land. Anticipating his arrival, army commanders converged on the capital, took rooms in the rambling red brick Hotel des Indes, discussed the situation far into the night. Strongly supporting their chief of staff, Lieut. General Abdul Haris Nasution, 40, the officers still seem eager to seek a workable partnership with Sukarno. Urging a return to the President's 1945 constitution and a further dose of "guided" democracy, they demanded a more streamlined administration-under army control-to get the economy back on its feet...
...give you the virgin-like innocence of a child one minute and the drunken swagger of a two-bit slut the next. There is a fine Blanche latent here! There are some strang inflections and an unusual clipped speech that often give her voice an ingenuous quality, and seem wholly at odds with a New Orleans drawl; but it is to Miss Humphrey's credit as a concentrated performer that she is the only member of the company who has made any attempt to master the accent problem...
William Roberts' set is imaginative and functional, though the shutter effect is very reminiscent of the projections used in the Broadway production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. In both costumes and lighting there is a lack of warmth and color, which seem so essential to an author as color-conscious as Williams...
...half-hearted in his cudgeling of Falstaff disguised as a witch; Falstaff ought to be beaten "grievously." Falstaff, in recounting his indignities, misses the point by interjecting, "a man of my kidney"; the sense demands, "a man of my kidney." Finally, the closing explanations of the triple elopement seem sudden and confusing because the portions containing the precise conditions and preparations have been excised. It seems unwise to do any cutting in this play; it is a relatively short one, and the running time of this production is only two hours and ten minutes...