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Wesker uses a slice-of-life technique to convey a slice of lifelessness. Small, dun-colored, repetitious detail is ladled out till the audience is saturated in it. There is a certain mild humor in the repetitions, whether of the family's deadness or the offstage boy friend's didactic, doctrinaire lust for life. The humor turns grim when he rejects the girl, herself now lost between two worlds, too low for a hawk and too high for a buzzard. An honest but limited method, Wesker's leads to truthful but limited effects, and to believable characters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: New Plays off-Broadway | 3/17/1961 | See Source »

...implored him to use a score for a performance of Götterdämmerung, the better to follow the opera's "rhythmical changes," he replied serenely: "There are no rhythmical changes in Götterdämmerung, my dear Emerald. It goes on from half-past 5 till midnight like a damned old cart horse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Cut Out the Cant | 3/17/1961 | See Source »

...encouraging sign from amidst the disappointment of the varsity basketball ason is the 12-2 record of the freshman team. This is one of the best won-lost percentages for a Yardling quintet in many years, and the hackneyed cry "Wait till next year" is being voiced with enthusiasm by local basketball fans...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/13/1961 | See Source »

Inman started in the right corner, but didn't hit his stride till midway in the ason. He has quick moves for a 6 ft., 5 incher, and handles himself well outside under the basket. The third star was captain Sid Davis, a 5 ft., 10 in. guard who es just about everything which budding Bob Cousys dream about. Besides his e outside shooting, Davis is an expert ball-handler, an ability that was noticeable its absence on the varsity this year...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/13/1961 | See Source »

...potential as good pivot men. Crichton started at center this year and Martin s sixth man on the squad. The fifth starter, 6 ft., 1 in. Barry Dym, trailed off in scoring after a good start, but remained a good ball-handler and rebounder. They're always saying, "Walt till next year," but this time it could be true...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/13/1961 | See Source »

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