Word: shakespearianism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dean's office late yesterday approved plans of the newly organized Harvard Shakespearian Players to present "The Play's the Thing," selected scenes from five Shakespeare plays...
Gervasi has appeared in "Quo Vadis" and "Barefoot Contessa." Segal has appeared in productions at Harvard in French and Greek as well as in English. Lumbard is Director of the New Theater Workshop and has appeared in many Shakespearian productions over the past three years, Claman added...
What all the theory comes down to, however, is a bewildering combination of Shakespearian iambics, incessant alliteration, and implausible puns. All of this profuseness of language is rather overbearing, and suggests that Mr. Ashton may be more interested in experimenting with style than in narrating an admirable theme...
...Shakespearian play was originally produced over a year ago--in February, 1956--in the Eliot House dining hall for a week's run. At that time it met with both critical and popular acclaim...
...also questioned the validity of a "Shakespeare boom" in this country. The fact that there were only 286,000 spectators at 22 Shakespearian plays offered in 1955 all over the country could hardly be termed a "boom", Harbage said...