Word: sullivans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...theatrical activities vacillated between a choke of four and five shows one weekend and none the next, forcing an alternate glut and fast on theatergoers. As good a production as the freshman Twelfth Night never made it out of the red because of the overwhelming competition of Gilbert and Sullivan, Sartre and Chekov. Some kind of organization, or regulation of drama at Harvard is necessary to make the "drama renaissance" more a flowering and less a mushrooming...
...balancing a possible public inference that Harvard drives Mercurys, were the Glee Club to appear on an Ed Sullivan show, are the favorable impressions presented by reasonably screened undergraduate groups and faculty members, and valuable experiences for student dramatic and musical organizations...
...acting throughout the event as a whole ran the gamut from excellent down to awkward and amateurish efforts. Altogether, however, the standard of the acting was quite high. The best performances were contributed by the members of Harvard's Deathwatch company which featured Harold Scott, Colgate Salsbury, and D.J. Sullivan. They preserved the polish of their work in the Genet play for the Yale showing. Robert Brustein, as Jean, and Carlyn Cahill, as Julie, also turned in a pair of very distinguished performances in the Vassar production of Miss Julie...
...Sullivan plays the vile Moor, Aaron, with stunning force. Pride and pure villainy radiate from his posture and face, and his voice grasps Shakesperean lines with brilliant skill. James Matisoff, playing the Emperor is impressively curt, hoarse, and pouting. Michael Sugarman makes a most fitting brother to the emperor, but Abigail Sugarman is not always at ease in the crucial role of the emperor's vengeful wife. Her face and voice do outstanding work for her difficult part, but her gestures and postures float detachedly or rigidly. As Lavinia, daughter to Titus, Susan Howe is intense and haunting. After...
...cover the weak parts of the book and music. He made good use of his few really good cast members, but there were always too many people involved on stage for the efforts of a few to keep the whole show bouncing. Nevertheless, those who delight in Gilbert and Sullivan will enjoy most of The Pirates of Penzance, while the less addicted will find it less than enjoyable...