Word: thespian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cast as large as that of The Fairy Queen there is bound to be a bit of talent, and the Lowell House production is no exception. On the the Thespian side, elocution reigns supreme in Linda DeCoff as Hermia, while rich voices can be heard from Margaret Santi (Titania) and Ray Healy (Oberon), both of whom, though lacking subtlety, look every bit the patricians they are supposed to be. Mary King Austin plays Helena as a dumb blond with her hair done up--a sort of cross between Judy Holiday and Sandy Dennis...
...Visit from St. Nicholas and Silent Night while a 22-man orchestra and ten-man choir make moan in the background. As for that craving, it often finds outlet in his campaign to make the marigold the national flower, though Ev confessed that he had been nursing his thespian urgings for years, had in fact decided on a stage career when he was just a tad but "my mother wouldn...
...their double destiny. When she imagines a life full of love and beauty, Henry scoffs at her "elegant mirages" and pulls back into his hole. When he pulls back too far, she flies off to her air castle and shares it with a succession of inappropriate inamorati: a thieving thespian, a dim-witted trigamist, a great white hunter who inconsiderately gets swallowed by a lion...
...presented the first, second, and fourth play in the tetralogy. This year it has opened its twelfth season by turning to the third and least often performed. But, despite the highly commendable Falstaff of Jerome Kilty, the gap is not really being filled: there is too much directorial and thespian ineptitude surrounding the fat knight...
Natalie Wood's visit to Harvard to accept the Lampoon Worst Actress Award should be appropriately celebrated. Miss Wood, who reached the pinnacle of her career in her brilliant portrayal of the little girl in Miracle on 34th Street, understandably considers this award a fitting tribute to her thespian talents. It is be hoped that the Lampoon will take advantage of the visit by presenting, from its vast, library of movie, grants, some of Miss Wood's finest hours for the benefit of the Harvard community. Included among these we would suggest her classic ingenue as Marjorie Morningstar...