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Players read directly from script without benefit of scenery or costumes. Readers worked in some action and facial expressions into their presentation...
Fortnight ago, Sir Laurence Olivier's production of the play, starring his wife Vivien Leigh, opened in the West End and was greeted by all-night queues a block long. The critics sang the praises of Actress Leigh and Director Olivier, but gave Williams' script a mixed chorus of grudging praise and abuse. Samples: "I feel as if I had crawled through a garbage heap" . . . "Blatant, crude...
Nikolai Gogol's satire. "The Inspector General," will be presented by the Dramatic Club's Reading Theater this afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Fogg Large Room. The players will read directly from script without benefit of scenery or costuming...
...reading theater, actors do not memorize roles but read their parts directly from the script. "We keep the dramatic value of the play, even though we eliminate costly staging," Norris stated last night...
William Lundigan as the ardent Northern doctor looks heroic, but his script and stage directions unfortunately give him little opportunity to displayed acting ability. Ethel Waters, portraying Pinky's grandmother, surmounts the Aunt Media-type casting to achieve some fine moments...