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...even in this time of relative dramatic inactivity, there were those who cried for more interest in the art of drama at Harvard--a school that had known the famous Baker 47 Workshop, which had turned out the great Eugene O'Neil, the sensitive Robert Sherwood, and a number of other men who took prominent roles in the growth of the American Theatre in the 1920's and 30's. Behind their pleas for a revival of the "dramatic spirit" that was lacking at Harvard 1953, these advocates called for a Harvard Theatre, without which, they were sure, a revival...
...their negative arguments against Robert H. Secrist '57, William S. Bahary '57, and Jerome Halberstadt of Lowell. Winthrop's negative team of James E. Price '58 and Richard C. Stillman '58 defeated Kirkland's Maurice G. Ford '58 and Robert Lifson '57. Adams, represented by William C. Brady '57, Sherwood Waldron '58, and Robert E. Ausnit '57 lost to David F. Hayes '58, Anthony P. Giordano '58, and Henry L. Tafe '58, who upheld the affirmative for Dudley. Leverett's affirmative, composed of James H. Reiss '58, Alan Merson '56 and Lindsay Fischer '56, defeated the Eliot team of Jack...
...Sherwood and Sears...
Perhaps the best show ever put on by the Pudding was "Barnum Was Right", produced in 1920. Robert E. Sherwood '17 and Samuel P. Sears '17 wrote the music and lyrics. It was a success largely because of its straight musical comedy format instead of the usual burlesquish offering. The play was actually "good theatre" and played to enthusiastic audiences in New York and Philadelphia...
...movie, too, is funny. It starts in a forest--not unlike Sherwood Forest--where the Black Fox--not unlike Robin Hood--is hiding out with his gang of trusty-men. Danny Kaye and Glynis Johns are trusty-men. Miss Johns is a Captain and Danny Kaye is the Prince's nurse. The Prince, who is eight months old, has been brought to the forest after Roderick, the film's usurping tyrant, has massacred the rest of the royal family. The Prince deserves the throne because he, and not Roderick, has on his bottom the royal birthmark--the Purple Pimpernel...