Word: sheridan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Steven Aaron, as a gouty old gossip, is another worthy addition to the destructive drawing room. But once the good tempered malice of Lady Teazle is allowed to take control of the play, the sinner's circle must suffer and with them some of Sheridan's best effects. Though the friendly barbs in the Sneerwell drawing-room provide a vastly enjoyable visit, the play might also have retained its cutting edge to good purpose...
...production of the HDC, as you might expect, lies somewhere in between. Its School for Scandal is more than funny. But in this new interpretation, Sheridan's acidity has been neutralized and while several scenes take on an agreeable mellowness, the play suffers. Director Edward Golden, evidently sensing that his most valuable property was Claire Scott's Lady Teazle, has emphasized the true warmth between that lady and her husband from the very beginning. Miss Scott has the ability of making Sheridan's most insulting lines seem a prologue to tenderness. Her Charm alone makes those exchanges between the elevated...
...roles of the only straightforward characters, Robert Beatey and Beverly Butte make goodness almost as appealing as evil. Beatey plays Lord Teazle and, with Miss Scott as his wife, he has no luck in arousing sympathy in the audience, another sorry stroke against Sheridan...
...setting (John Ratte) and costumes and wigs (Lesile Van Zandt and Helen Gardiner) set the comic tone for a production that rarely slows down. By judiciously picking School for Scandal, the HDC presents a show which can hardly fail to please. Sheridan may have been more entertaining in past productions; the HDC rarely...
...play, Richard Sheridan's "School for Scandal," will be given with its original prologue and epilogue, production manager Peter B. Rooke-Ley '56 announced yesterday...