Word: talentedly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Miss Picker has a talent for writing dialogue; the best scenes in The Garden bring two characters face-to-face. But when three or four are gathered togther, all hell breaks loose. The ensemble scenes seem curiously inaccurate. Everyone talks as if he had forgotten anyone else was present. I think The Garden would play passably--perhaps well--if a virtuoso actress were found for the part of Sophia. Certainly the play deserves a better production than the one it is presently receiving at Agassiz. Nervous acting, and very little directing at all, have emphasized the difficulties of the script...
GREENSTONE, by Sylvia Ashton-Warner. Maori and British-descended New Zealanders come together in a graceful parable of age and childhood, mysticism and reality, told with talent enough to create a subtle celebration of life...
Speaking of the extremes a team will go to win, he cited the "two World Series of 1965" one in Los Angeles with a cinder-block infield, enabling ground balls to get through and the Dodgers' speedy runners to make use of their talent, and one in. Minnesota with a sandy, sloping infield which slows runners and ruins good bunts...
...disgraceful shortage of pianos. The ratio of musicians to instruments is so great--few Houses now have more than one practice piano--that aspiring musicians battle for practice hours days in advance. Precious artistic energy is wasted on manipulating schedules, and outwitting rivals. Physical strength, rather than potential talent, often determines the allotment of time. In the musical life of the Houses, where harmony and cooperation should prevail, discord now reigns...
Gielgud is already safely ensconced in the Olympus of English-speaking actors and it is a tribute to his talent that he continues to try new approaches. A director of his skill and standing was needed to infuse a new passion into Chekhov and restore the pistol shot to the core of Chekhov...