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William West, playing the lead role of Dr. Stockmann, is to a large degree responsible for the crumbling of the play into atomized hysteria. Through the first two acts he dashed headlong through his lines, cut in on his cues before lines were finished, and strutted about, the stage with his head slightly bowed and his hands shifting at irregular intervals from his coat lapels to unpleasant gestures. In the final act West slowed down enough to give some meaning to his lines, but he never managed to get across the admittedly poorly presented ideas of Stockmann. Jack Hodges, playing...
Consumer goods are scarce, but Stockmann's, the big department store whose shelves were empty two years ago, now has fine pottery, glassware, furniture, Finnish handicraft. Fats and meat are rare, but the Finnish calory level is higher than most of Europe's; eggs, potatoes and vegetables are off the ration list. A smartly dressed woman in Helsinki is marked as a visiting Swede from the neighboring land of plenty, for clothes are still scarce (one pair of stockings each year for women, one suit and one shirt for each man every 16 months, new shoes only...