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...When "Troilus and Cressida" was played for the first time at the Brattle Theater a little over a year ago, it caused a considerable sensation. Amateur actors did a fine job with a very difficult play. The present production, which opened Thursday night, has been changed in a number of ways--there are new actors in many of the minor parts, and new interpretations in some of the major ones--but the quality has not changed...
Last year's two $50 first prizes went to Nicholas Verden '51 and J. David Baumann '51. The former recited the Allocution by Pope Pius XII on the arrest of Cardinal Josef Mindszenty, and the latter chose Ulysses' speech on order from Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida...
After the HTW had had the music commissioned for this show and had gathered a special orchestra under Tom Phillips to conduct it, Safer was really worried about how his system would carry it out to the audience. One critic had commented adversely on the sound system for "Troilus and Cresida," the Workshop's last play. But the morning that the reviews came out for "The Tempest," Safer was beaming. Nobody mentioned the sound system...
This past fall has seen the HTW in its new quarters, Brattle Hall, which four members of the organization now own. The first production there was "Troilus and Cressida," one of Shakespeare's most controversial plays and one that has tempted few producers because of its intensely rigid poetry, its bitter theme, and its lack of histrionic possibilities. (It might be pointed out here that Shakespeare is rarely given a first-rate showing on Broadway until some actor promotes it as a vehicle for his own glorification. Shakespeare for itself, no). The Workshop did for "Troilus and Cressida" what museum...
...first prizes of $50 each in the finals of the Boylston Speaking Contest held in Paine Hall last night. Verven gave the Allocution by Pope Plus XII to the Consistory of Cardinals on the arrest of Josef Cardinal Mindszenty, and Baumann recited Ulysses' speech on order, from Shakespeare's "Troilus and Crossida...