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Caldwell, R. T.; Chien, L. C.; Clafin, R. E.; Close, W. T.; Connolly, T. D.; Crowley, D. J.; Cummings, J. W.; Curran, W. W.; Cutler...
...John Clafin's set was adequate, with few props that served many purposes without becoming distractingly dull. The juxtaposition of Confederate and American flags, for example, conveyed a timely and potent message of racism. But the blocking in this show was extremely stiff. In several scenes the actors appeared to be glued to the stage, and their movements were often jarring. Anna Banks and Cinque Hicks provided a notable exception to this rule with their lively choreography for the Fourth of July sequence...
After Magritte, which opens the evening, is a half hour-long exposition of the punchline to some joke based on a mildly obscure Magritte painting. A couple (Andrew Goldfarb and Susan Clafin) engaged in an absurd series of interior-decorating sight gags tries to reason out an event--possibly a crime--they saw in the street earlier that day. Standing in their cluttered set, they argue back and forth; if anyone fails to consider this unusual, Goldfarb's senile mother (Betsy Menes) intermittently plays the tuba to ensure a properly surrealist feel...
When the Navy took over the Freshman Union and Eliot House as training comters during the war. Claflin coordinated officers' programs on campus. He remained a prominent figure throughout the American war effort and met personally with Winston Churchill when the letter came to Cambridge, Clafin's wife, Helen, said yesterday...
After all, the very ideas of life boats was absurd. The Titanic was unsinkable. I am sure the few lucky survivors of that disaster would be most impressed with the Committee's views. William Holden Clafin '65. David Griffiths '64 Tod Gitlin...