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Allan Katz
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
Though Isaac Bashevis Singer still writes his short stories in Yiddish, and though his style and subject matter place him
The Cool World: Frederick Wiseman
Shirley Clarke, director of the film version of The Connection and several award-winning short subjects, is now casting for her
The Flies
Sartre achieves in The Flies, as he does in most of his plays, the geometric clarity which his nondramatic writing
Playboy of Western World
George Hamlin's maiden voyage as a director at the Loeb is a roaring success. The play is a happy choice,
Caligula
The Dunster House Drama Workshop has anticipated my feeling (more precisely, my lack of feeling) about Caligula; they quote in
Romeo and Juliet
If Romeo and Juliet are portrayed as a pair of star crossed puppies, as they are in the Quincy House
The Alchemist
Masturbatory daydreams do not make good theater. There is sex enough in The Alchemist to justify it as the focus
Peer Gynt
The Adams House Drama Society pushed every button, pulled every level, manipulated every winch and pulley that the Loeb Pleasure
Comedie Francaise: Moliere
L'Impromptu de Versailles is a play within a play within a play within a play, and the theme of all
Le Jeu de Saint Nicolas
A review of such a joyous and holy work as Le Jeu de Saint Nicolas would be a desecration. So
The Section Man
Amos Queensly's first novel, The Section Man, is a masterful parody of one of the outstanding novels of recent years,
All My Sons
All My Sons is an early Arthur Miller effort (I believe it was his second play to be produced), and
Villains, Saints and Comedians: Jewish Types in English Fiction
There is no scarcity of books about Jews in English literature. Critics feel obliged to attack English literature for having
The Hammer of the Mountain
The Hammer of the Mountain, by Firman Houghton is subtitled "A Grave Comedy in Three Acts." The feeble pun on
Hollywood Star Attacks CRIMSON For Award Given by LAMPOON
Sal Mineo, star of Walt Disney's motion picture, Tonka, called Harvard CRIMSON editors "idiots" for naming him the worst actor
