Word: versions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plot itself is an almost over-simplified version of the boy-meets-girl story. Although a full blooded villain might have given the book an added dash of interest, it is a charming treatment of gentle ruffians, and, fittingly enough, gives the melodies the dominant role. "All Kinds of People," "Sweet Thursday," "All At Once You Love Her," and "The Man I Used To Be" are all in the best Rogers and Hammerstein tradition. Some of the catchy tunes include "The Tide Pool," "A Lopsided Bus" and "The Party That We're Gonna Have Tomorrow Night...
Princeton uses the single-wing also, but the Caldwell version is similar to Jordan's only in that they have the same name. Harvard relies for the most part on the power-play--the smash up the middle or off tackle, using little deception. Princeton uses a buck-lateral sequence, a fullback spin series, and a whole cluster of deceptive, crowd-appealing plays...
While the Boston city government is waiting to decide what action to take on any further objectionable films, the State legislature is already trying to re-insert a watered-down version of the Sunday censorship law. A bill now before Massachusetts Senate aims to revitalize the statute, but specifically excepts motion pictures from any pre-censorship. Apparently, Sunday censorship is still not quite dead, even though the screening room of the Commission of Public Safety no longer echoes to the snips of cutting scissors. "I could drive to the Commission blindfolded, I've been there so often," Halliday once said...
Richard Wilbur and the members of the Poet's Theatre have reasserted their talent in this version of The Misanthrope. Although the production may not overcome the difficulties of meaning in Moliere's resolution, it has vitality and wit of a high calibre...
Introduction of one more account of the events leading to the burning of Joan of Arc involves considerable audacity. Yet the current version, The Lark, justifies the attempt. With beguiling Julie Harris in the title role, The Lark is a startling, modernistic interpretation. More important, it is conceived from a distinctly American view-point. Lillian Hellman has skillfully adapted Jean Anouiln's material into a revealing portrait of a high spirited Joan...