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When we think of Shakespearean productions, our minds usually turn to the Stratford-on-Avon Festival and the Old Vic. These are now established institutions; the former began on the playwright's tercentenary in 1864 and after rough sledding has continued as we know it from 1879, while the Old Vic has been a home for Shakespeare since...
Byzantine Bureaucracy. Says Moorehead about the struggles that preceded Russia's short-lived Constituent Assembly, when democracy went down to the whistles and catcalls of the Bolsheviks: "The field of action was now beginning to clarify itself somewhat in the manner of one of those Shakespearean battlefields where the opposing armies take up their positions in full view of one another, while the generals ride about from place to place making declamatory speeches...
Finally one comes to the performances of the first act. Jerome Kilty, playing the central role of Henry Higgins, was required to carry most of this act on his own and unfortunately was not equal to this task. Evidently well-versed in Shakespearean acting, he attempted to perform Shaw in a Shakespearean manner. The result was a stiff, awkward, and a rather weak portrayal...
...company has, in Earle Hyman, Ellis Rabb and Richard Waring, the three persons that come closest to the ideal performer outlined above. These three speak Shakespearean verse best; they move best; and they are versatile (though Waring has not yet shown so wide a range as Hyman and Rabb). Richard Easton continues to do fine work, especially in comedy. And John Colicos has increased in stature since joining the company and bids fair to improve still more...
...here is the core of a truly superb Shakespearean repertory company. I am not unaware of the Shakespearean achievements at the Antioch Festival in Ohio and elsewhere, but the sun is shining most brightly over Stratford, Connecticut. If great things are done for Shakespeare, they seem certain to be done here. Much progress has been made, much remains to be made. The people involved must not slacken for a moment. We must support them to the limit and say, "Get on with the job." They in turn must do just that; for that is now their duty as well...