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...THURBER CARNIVAL-James Thurber-Harper...
Since his birth in Columbus, Ohio on "a night of wild portent and high wind in 1894," James Thurber has seemed to live in a world where the edges of reality are fuzzy, the edges of fantasy insanely sharp. The principal forces at work in this world are confusion, frustration, madness and doom, the final crack of which all Thurber characters seem constantly -and justifiably-to be expecting...
...elected are: Joseph A. Erickson, Jr. '46, commodore; George B. Thurber '47, vice-commodore; Joseph Littlefield '47, rear-commodore; and Robert Erskine '47, secretary-treasurer...
...phone rang again. The caller was a friend of Peter's mother: Mrs. James Thurber, wife of the humorist-cartoonist. This time Peter was ready. He hauled the piano stool over to the bookcase, mounted the stool and said: "Come quick. Mummy's hurt...
There is just one reservation to all this praise for the show at the Colonial: go to it willing to laugh. The play is a comedy and, like much of James Thurber's work, cannot be taken seriously. But, after the laughter and the mirth, remember it in seriousness, for it represents a condemnation of American middle-class life almost as damaging as that of Thurber. It isn't as bitter or as obvious, but it's there just the same...