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...sweeter than a Shakespearean sonnet, murmur millions of American women...
...cover. Vagabond Steinbeck's motive for making the long, lonely journey is admirable: "To try to rediscover this monster land" after years of easy living in Manhattan and a country place in Sag Harbor. L.I. He meets some interesting people: migrant Canucks picking potatoes in Maine, an itinerant Shakespearean actor in North Dakota, his own literary ghost back home in California's Monterey Peninsula. But when the trip is done, Steinbeck's attempt at rediscovery reveals nothing more remarkable than a sure gift for the obvious observation...
...production of Kiss Me Kate at the South Shore Music Circus, Cohasset, which opened on Monday evening, has the virtue of becoming more palatable as it progresses. Although the early part of the South Shore production lags, once the musical moves into the pseudo-Shakespearean scenes of "The Taming of the Shrew" set to music, all goes well. Much of Cole Porter's best music can be found in this show, and Sam and Bella Spewack, as everyone knows, succeeded admirably in adapting Shakespeare's play into the framework of the musical comedy stage...
...only previous Shakespearean experience was as Portia and Viola. I admire her when she sticks to the limited bailiwick in which she can excel. But as a Shakespearean she is a nullity. She is often termed the doyenne of American actresses; but her current gambol earns her no better title than Helen...
...context, and story--to capture and convey three-dimensional characters almost instantaneously, whether from farce, comedy, romance or tragedy. This requires real genius to bring off. And neither Miss Hayes nor Mr. Evans is that gifted. Sir John Gielgud is; but the wondrous success he had with his solo Shakespearean. evening, "The Ages of Man," should not be interpreted as encouragement to everyone with an Equity card to "go, thou, and do likewise...