Larry Hartmann
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Smiles of a Summer Night and An Alligator Named Daisy
Smiles of a Summer Night is a delightful amoral piece of Sweden which won the Grand Prix at Cannes a
The Firstborn
It is hard to tell what Christopher Fry's The Firstborn is about. The overall impression is of far-of solid stone-hewn
The Grass Harp
Truman Capote's plays and novels are probably contemporary America's closest approach to Leprechaun literature. Their atmosphere and characters embody a
Winesburg, Ohio
Maybe people have heard too much about small American towns and sensitive young writers who finally break loose and go
The Maids
The Wellesley College Experimental Theatre, at the invitation of the HDC, has brought to Cambridge an often interesting, occasionally boring,
A Novel Affair
This is one of the many films that must have sounded marvelous at the script writers' conference: a novelist, who
`Tis Pity She's a Whore'
Tis Pity She's a Whore has great possibilities. Intriguing, suggestive opportunities for passion and subtlety are richly woven into every
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs accentuates a problem visible already in William Inge's overly celebrated Picnic: it
The Master Builder
Ibsen is one of drama's towering master builders. Yet many who admit this dismiss him as excellent for his time,
Time Remembered
Jean Anouilh is an imaginative playwright, which makes him almost unique in the world of commercially successful contemporary theater. His