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Judith Anderson-who, on opening night, went on just after hearing the news of her mother's death-is very often sulphurous and always stage-dominating as Clytemnestra; but the role itself is generally so static that it compels the actress to become on occasion stagy. Beyond that, there are brief flashes of drama, bright snatches of language, and good moments (along with bad) of stage spectacle. Of many deeds unspeakable and atrocious has Pelops' line been many times accused; but perhaps never before of simply being dull...
Jean Giraudoux' comedy-satire clothes the theme of war and its causes in the flowing dress of Greek and Trojan; in doing so it saddles that theme with the static staging and long speeches of all but the most sensitively handled of Greek dramas. Last night's HTG's production was fully adequate, but only rarely sensitive. The result was disappointing...
When I chose the title "Verdure", I knew that this was not the best, but it was the best I could find, I was searching for a verb to suggest a state of becoming rather than a static substantive. There is one word in the German language "Entfaltung" which would be a perfect word for this picture. It incorporates all of unfolding and growing...
...slight movement of the surface texture, obtained by applying the pigment in short brush strokes, was to give it a certain luminosity and lightness, besides the impression of dynamic suspension, rather than static solidity...
...number of known "radio stars" was about tripled (to 50), mostly the result of work by Australian and British electronics scientists. These unseen celestial objects, which radiate on wave lengths between those of light and commercial radio bands, broadcast static picked up on earth by microwave instruments...