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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...corpus of laughter-and-tears drama. It is not a thesis play; nor is it a deep one. The author chose the just-plain-folks, people-in-the-house-next-door, it-could-happen-to-you genre, set within the framework of a specific middle-class cultural milieu--the sort that has tempted many American writers, with varying success, ever since Abie's Irish Rose...
...work revolves around an extraordinarily fascinating and complex young woman named Virginia, who is tormented by "three white nightmares," all personified on stage. Virginia undergoes before our eyes a sort of psychoanalysis, though there is fortunately none of the professional mumbo-jumbo that normally accompanies such matters. She finally manages to exorcise the tormentors; thus the title of the play not only designates its physical locale but also symbolizes the catharsis of Virginia's crowded, confused mind...
This early game was known as the "Boston game," a sort of cross between rugby and a free-for-all. A curious feature was that a player could run and throw or pass the ball only if he were being pursued by an opponent. When the opposing player gave up pursuit he called out to the runner, who had to stop and kick the ball...
...sort of thing you read about in psychological novels. Morris was a young man out of the West who came to Harvard because he wanted to be a writer, and the Cambridge community had spawned its share of the literati--from T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound to Conrad Aiken. The spectrum appeared to be wide enough for Morris--hero of the high school avant-garde. And he brought plenty of yellow paper with...
Weaknesses still exist in the HSA, despite the year of trial and error. The corporation has no floating funds and no reserve for emergencies. Thus, the directors refuse to join any speculative venture, even despite the lure of potential high profits and maximum employment. Some sort of fund to provide security would make many more largescale projects possible for student businessmen. Caution is the key-word of all current HSA projects...