Word: social
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Under the Federal Theatre staging of Gerald Cornell, Frederic Hughes' "Life's a Villain" gets its first run anywhere at the Repertory Theatre this week. This play is one of these divided things which never quite decides what it is to be, social commentary or romantic comedy. The major theme of rich boy meets poor girl--or poor rich boy meets rich poor girl--has class overtones occasionally, but only every so often. Usually it is just the amusing and quite classless angle which is stressed, though sometimes the play seems to consider itself as a social...
...meaning which the play may carry is to be found in the line spoken by Ann Holt, bored daughter of the nouveauriche T. Roger Holt: "Damn a social system which produces rich fathers, smug mothers, droopy sons, and finished daughters." This of course is pretty sweeping; the Country Club set should feel thoroughly chagrined. But then the affair wanders back into comedy pure and romantic in fact these often charming and often rather bewildering oscillations between comedy and comment set the tone of "Life's a Villain." In the long run it's the plot that counts. The author...
...whether a social science concentrator or not, who feels qualified to lead a roundtable discussion on one of the topics listed below will be given consideration. The three tables for which chairmen have not yet been picked are "The Maintenance of Employment," "The Government of Competitive Enterprise," and "Government Revenue and Expenditure...
Kirkland House makes ready this week for the major event of the Kirkland winter social calendar, the annual Christmas Formal Dance scheduled for the evening of Friday, December...
...purpose," Rawson said, "is to provide a social and intellectual meeting of government students." Speakers will be heard at the meetings and a discussion of governmental problems will be conducted by the members...