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Competing with these hits are the works of other theater giants. A group of young players called the Shakespear-wrights, now in their third season, are staging a sprightly version of Twelfth Night. Two other 17th century comedies are playing to packed houses: Ben Jonson's bawdy Volpone and Molière's sophisticated The Misanthrope. Other hits: Sean O'Casey's rollicking comedy, Purple Dust, scheduled "indefinitely" at the Cherry Lane, a converted stable; Shoestring '57, a 30-skit musical review; and Me, Candido, an original drama by Walt Anderson about the flight...
...personnel of the Cambridge Drama Festival, Inc., strangely resembles that of the now defunct Brattle Theatre Group, which produced plays for three years--1949-52--in the Brattle Theater and last summer revived itself to do a Shakespear Festival. But the reason for this connection is not that the Festival is a mere continuation of the Brattle, but rather that the men who operated the old company are the best qualified people to handle...
John Ward's diaries ("Shakespear, Drayton and Ben Jhonson had a merry meeting, and itt seems drank too hard, for Shakespear died of a feavour there contracted"), and the world's second largest&* collection of early English (1475-1640) books...
...additional work comes with the special oral examinations. The Bible, Shakespear, Homer, Thucydides and language proficiency all come under departmental purview, and all must take general exams at the end of the junior year to quality for honors...
...production is quite worthwhile, and as the cast gains experience in performance, it should improve. But I feel that student theatre groups do wrong to both themselves and the community by featuring either Shakespear or other much-produced authors. They would better try new sources and experimental plays, challenging their own talent and luring new material...