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Dennis E. Brown
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The Wayward Saint
Perhaps The Wayward Saint might best be described in terms of its theatrical ancestry. Certainly author Paul Vincent Carroll owes
Festival
Perhaps the kindest comment a reviewer could make about Sam and Bella Spewack's latest comedy is this: It is not
The Dreaming Dust
In Dennis Johnston's The dreaming Dust, the Poets' Theatre has an imaginative and often appealing play. A re-creation of significant
Witness for the Prosecution
Two years ago Agatha Christie produced a play, The Suspects, which never got past Tremont Street on the road to
Black-Eyed Susan
With Black-Eyed Susan, author A. B. Shiffrin has attempted a play in the genre of The Moon Is Blue. Like
The Living Room
Around the symbolism of The Living Room, Graham Greene has based a highly philosophical play. If his emphasis is on
Bentley and the Theatre: Critic With A Vengeance
To most readers, a collection of play reviews will seem as lifeless as a museum place, and about at topical.
Three Plays by Williams
Faced with a temporary dearth of student plays, the New Theatre Workshop has transferred its experimenting from the realm of
Jamaica Inn
This week the Brattle has lifted an old skeleton from the Hitchcock closet. Jamaica Inn, which bears little resemblance to
Folly To Be Wise
Barring Sir Winston, Alastair Sim is the top performer in Britain today. If Alec Guinness fans disagree, they need only
La Ronde
In La Ronde the French have reduced cinema to its basic ingredient, the seduction scene. Adopted from a play by
Patience
In Gilbertian terms, the object of the Winthrop House Music Society is sublime. And this year the production matches the
Revolutionary Gardener
One morning nearly five years after the Russian Revolution of 1917, an article headlined "Professor Sorokin" appeared in Pravda. Written
Genevieve
The admirer of old cars should find Genevieve in automotive paradise. The lover of English comedy will be no less
McCarthy And His Friends
The task of evaluating the record of a man like Joe McCarthy is difficult, especially before the dust of quieter
