Word: winthrops
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Winthrop and Lowell House Committees voted overwhelmingly Monday night to endorse the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee's (SASC) divestiture petition...
Timothy S. Wilson '78, treasurer of SASC and a member of the Winthrop House Committee, said yesterday that more than 20 of the approximately 30 people at Winthrop's meeting voted to endorse the petition...
...Winthrop House production faithfully reproduces Ibsen's disturbing vision, but like any other Hedda Gabler it must stand or fall on the interpretation of the lead role. Fortunately, Amy Aquino delivers a strong and deftly-controlled performance. In her physical expression, especially, she holds Hedda's dichotomies in convincing balance. The cold, intense eyes and queenly carriage reflect her aristocratic upbringing and twisted idealism, while slight gestures--hands rubbed nervously together, a flash of anguish in the face--betray the tensions seething within her. Aquino centers the drama's energy by compressing it, displaying a clenched surface that makes Hedda...
Director Scott Goldsmith has nicely integrated the Winthrop House Junior Common Room into the play's set, a Scandinavian drawing-room at the turn of the century. Unfortunately his production is not as well-integrated into Ibsen's original. Instead, thoughtful direction, strong lead performances and very uneven supporting roles show the audience a masterpiece--and how close a production can come to botching...
...beauty were never realized, marries an academic who simply does not do her justice. Eventually, she is driven to despair and commits suicide. Director Scott Goldsmith plans to heighten the tension by playing on the similarity between his setting, a 19th century living room, and his theater, the Winthrop House JCR-living room, which, he says, can be interpreted as society trapping Hedda. Performances are tonight through Saturday and also next weekend...