Word: simonson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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PEER GYNT?"Down the vast edges drear" of a hard-hearted world Ibsen leads his hero on the futile quest for happiness. Peer, the boaster, is picturesquely played by Joseph Schildkraut and the Simonson settings are eerily effective...
...present type of American stage handicaps both the playwright and the producer", said Mr. Lee Simonson '09, the scenic artist of the Theatre Guild, in an interview for the Crimson. "The introduction of the hydraulic or elevator stage", said Mr. Simonson, "would remedy the present evils. With this arrangement, the entire stage may be lowered into the cellar and a fresh setting let down from above. This eliminates the difficulties and expense of the scene shifting in a play with many scenes. In addition to this advantage, the hydraulic stage enables the producer to et unusual scenic effects...
This afternoon at 4 o'clock Lee Simonson '09, scenic artist of the Theatre Guild of New York, will speak, to the members of the Dramatic Club, in Room 5 of the Union...
...Simonson was prominent as a writer while in college, but after graduation, he went to Europe to study painting for which he had already shown considerable talent. Upon his return he designed scenery for the Washington Square Players in New York, until that company broke up on account...
Since then, Mr. Simonson has been connected with the Theatre Guild, which grew out of the Washington Square Players. He is at present scenic artist and one of the directors of that organization. Some of his greatest successes have been "The Faithful," "lphigenia in Taurus," "The Sea Gull," and more recently, "Liliom...