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Strange things happen in the first act of Thernton Wilder's new comedy. Wealthy Yonkers merchant Horace Vandergelder, despite his belief that "99 percent of the people in the world are fools, and the rest of us we in great danger of contigioa," decides to rejoin the fools and get married again. Cornelius Hackl and Barnaby Tucker, two conscientious clerks in Vandergelder's store, imperiously decide to close the place up and head for New York City, where, for the first time in their lives, they may perhaps get to kiss a girl. And Mrs. Levi, the widowed "matchmaker" whom...
...obliging plot material, the playwright has a relatively easy task. He simply sends all his main characters off to New York on separate missions and arranges, during the three remaining acts, for them to turn up together in various embarrassing circumstances. One might say that the proceedings get progressively wilder and Wilder...
...Yale Dramat is presenting three one-act plays tonight at 8:30. The plays are by Wilder, Maeterlinck, and Gogol...
...Wilder sketch, starring Mimi Bowen, is a character study of a mother who is completely devoted to her family. Maeterlinck's play is a satire which features Steve Mandel as Achilles. Gogol's "Gambler," oddly enough, is about a tale spun by a master card shark...
...professorship is held annually by an individual of distinguished achievement in the fine arts. Last year the position remained unfilled when none of those invited were able to accept. Past holders include T. S. Eliot, Thornton Wilder, e. e. cummings, Robert Frost, Igor Stravinsky, Paul Hindemith, and Aaron Copland...