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...Loeb. If at times we are given a few too many slapstick gags, these times are few. For the most part, the buffoonery is nicely balanced by a moment now and then of seriousness, and any critical comments about the acting would be unjustifiable. Giles Havergal, a true professional brought over from Scotland, ably directed the show, and the cast seems to have had no trouble coming up to his level...
Currently playing in Boston, at the Charles Playhouse, is a short (29 minute) comedy. Called Schubert's Last Serenade' it poses the question: Can a radical Radcliffe Sophomore find true happiness with a hard hat? In an "elegant French restaurant"? Amid the "smashing of violins"? The play is performed with Stage III, which is the actual restaurant at the Charles Playhouse. Shows are Wednesday through Sunday; call the box-office at 338-7807 for more info...
Unfortunately, the Fogg show indicates that eager students of theory can not be satisfied by the Fogg show without the aid of the show's catalogue or a Faculty member from the Fine Arts department. Perhaps theory can only be explained in books and classrooms, but if this is true, it is hard to see how art like Davis's, which is built on careful study of color and space and interrelationships between the two, can ever win a popular following. People who do not have the time and expertise to wade through lenthy and obscure explanations of theory will...
State universities, by contrast, typically charge annual tuition fees in mere hundreds of dollars. Can there be that much of a difference in the quality of education at such schools, versus that at private schools such as Harvard? While it is true that state schools receive grants from state governments to defray tuition costs, it is most questionable whether the amount of such grants even rivals the amount of Harvard's enormous endowment. If state schools can lower their tuition prices charged students, why can't private universities do likewise? It is one thing for a tiny private university...
...plot of Caligula is unspectacular: young, idealistic prince turns into ruthless emperor; ruthless emperor regrets past sins and kills himself--a Freudian explanation for the motives behind the suicide (the death of the emperor's sister-mistress) is available for those non-believers in the true power of spiritual anguish. But the philosophical and moral message of the play is much closer to post-Marxian France than to Rome during the Pax Romana. The young, callow Caligula recognizes the hypocrisy of the dominant values and mores. Devoted to exposing the irrationality of society, he sets out to accomplish the impossible...