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...weeks space Cambridge has twice has an opportunity to see to what lengths beings the wife of a professor will drive a leading lady. In "Uncle Vanya," which the Studio Players recently put on, and in "Hedda Gabbler", which Blanche Yurka opened Monday night, the lady becomes so bored with her existence that she makes a plot for Chekov or for Ibsen. Perhaps because, in the pattern of an older generation, there were no clubs or sports to keep women busy, or because they congenitally lacked any insight or interest in research before the days of women's colleges, their...
...most disagreeable people imaginable. There are definitely funny lines and situations, but since the line seems to be the unit of the playwright's thought, Wild Waves is hopelessly muddled as to motivation and plot. The many admirers of Osgood Perkins ( The Front Page, Uncle Vanya, The Wiser They Are) can only hope that he soon gets a better job, of which it would appear he will presently be in need...
This evening at 8.15 o'clock in Brattle Hall the Studio Players will present "Uncle Vanya" by Anton Chekov. The production was given its Cambridge premier last evening in the Rogers Building before a limited audience composed of members and patrons of the Dramatic Club...
...Uncle Vanya" was presented last year in New York by the Theatre Guild, when it was produced by Jed Harris, with title roles being played by Lillian Gish and Eugene Powers. The closed performance given last evening in the Rogers Building for the Dramatic Club constituted an experiment for the Studio Players, who until the building was taken over by the Dramatic Club had not had an opportunity in play there. This evening's performance will find the New York company back on the stage in Brattle Hall...
...Uncle Vanya" was given last year by the Theatre Guild in New York at the Shubert Theatre and was produced by Jed Harris. Lillian Gish was starred in the part of Helens and Eugene Powers in the role of Alexander Serebrakoff...