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Died. Louis Calvert, 63, veteran English actor of Shakespearean and Shavian roles, producer, author of two widely known books on the art of acting, from a sudden heart attack...
...seeker of self-realization, effectively staged by Kommisashevsky, master of the Russian School of Expressionism, and competently acted by Joseph Schildkraut. Some of the settings by Lee Simonson mark the high points in his enviable record of artistic achievement. ROMEO AND JULIET-Next to Hamlet the longest run a Shakespearean play has enjoyed in America in the current century. Superbly acted by Jane Cowl and Rollo Peters. MERTON OF THE MOVIES - The pathos of hokum. Glenn Hunter in Harry Leon Wilson's adroit satire on the eighth art, adapted for the stage by Marc Connolly and George S. Kaufman...
Shakespeare is popular in Bucharest. A Midsummer Night's Dream has been presented at the National Theatre, attended by their Majesties, Ferdinand and Marie of Roumania. Several other Shakespearean dramas are promised...
...signed letter to the press, thanking the public for their reception of The Merchant of Venice, David Belasco promises " at no distant date" a series of Shakespearean productions: King Richard II, King Henry IV (both parts), Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet (with Lenore Ulric). The "no distant date" will be at least next season...
There is no reason to despise the pathetic as opposed to the terrible- Some of the most poignant moments in all drama have been tearful. One such is the last scene of the Cherry Orchard, as presented by the Moscow Players. But there is a definite line separating the Shakespearean and Greek tragedies from the modern tragedy of defeat...