Word: shakespeareans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...goblin, too early to be a Christmas Santa. Actor Charles Laughton was trapped 'tween seasons with enough facial forestry to make a sensation at a woodchoppers' ball. Actually, he had let himself go to seed for a role as King Lear at Stratford-on-Avon's Shakespearean theater. Leaving London on a brief trip to Paris, where presumably he would roam incognito. Laughton muffled: "I'll be glad to get a lawnmower on this...
Except for English 126a, these courses all made the top ten in 1958. But third place a year ago went to English 124, also a Shakespearean course. Humanities 2, second last year and top-ranked in 1953, was not offered this fall...
...McKenna as a star, the C.D.F. next offered Macbeth. For the title role, it played a long shot by engaging Jason Robards, Jr. and lost. Although Robards' performances in 20th-century American works have been unbeatable, he proved himself as yet vocally unequipped to cope with the demands of Shakespearean language. He conveyed much through his face and eyes; and his delivery of some short, forceful phrases was admirable. But the longer speeches tripped him up; he could not convey the sense, the rhythm, and the grandeur. He breathed improperly, so that he often had to pause...
...first Shakespearean assignment, director Jose Quintero made some miscalculations; but some of his staging was ingenious and effective, such as the scenes involving the spine-chilling trio of Weird Sisters. The show was visually gripping; and much of the credit must go to the lighting of David Hays '52, which was as inspired as I have seen in a long time...
...season--their seventh--with only one lapse out of a schedule of five plays. By coincidence they opened with the same work as the C.D.F.'s finale: Much Ado. It was directed by Ellis Rabb, who joined the company for the first time. Rabb is one of the finest Shakespearean actors anywhere; though still very young, he is one of a handful who can boast of having acted in all thirty-seven of the Bard's plays. He provided a warm, even-keeled production on William D. Roberts' stunning, three-story set, complete with lanterns and garden swing. As Beatrice...