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From the very beginning, the drama issue of Signature could hope to be about as successful as a clambake on Mount Washington. There is nothing wrong with the idea of a specialized number of a college magazine, but his one just doesn't have the material. Its core, two one-act plays, never rises above the mediocre, while good or even indifferent dramatic criticism, which one would expect to find here if nowhere else, has somehow escaped the minds of Signature's ambitious editors. There isn't any. Instead we have articles on the drama at Harvard, Radcliffe...
Gian-Carlo Menotti, a young Italian-born composer, having written, composed, and directed "The Medium" and "The Telephone," is personally responsible for one of the most striking evenings the theatre has offered in recent years. The entire production--the same as the one that spent the summer on Broadway--reflects the vitality and originality of the composer, and both of the one-act operas extend the horizons of the musical theatre in America...
...herself over couches and double beds while singing Noel Coward's smart talk around the stage, Miss Lawrence becomes the most entertaining performer, the most scintillating personality, on the American stage. This particular Coward opus was originally presented with Miss Lawrence some years ago, and then consisted of nine one-act plays. The current edition contains only six of the nine, but the star nonetheless has ample opportunity to display her remarkably diversified talents over the course of the two evenings required to complete the cycle...
...years it gathered dust as Sir Arthur and his Sherlock Holmes gathered legend. Finally Sir Arthur's son, Adrian, went poking about and last week the secret was out. The hatbox, announced Adrian, contained unpublished writings by Sir Arthur, including The Crown Diamond, a "hitherto unknown" one-act play about Holmes, and a mysterious manuscript entitled Some Personalia About Mr. Sherlock Holmes. This "unique document," said Adrian cryptically, would "explode the old myths" about Sir Arthur and his great gumshoe...
Looking ahead after the success of its first two post-war ventures in the literary world, the Advocate is currently making plans for an all-drama issue next November. Editor Donald B. Watt, Jr. '47 issued a preliminary request last night for contributions--particularly original one-act plays--to be submitted early in the fall term...