Word: superman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rides will leave for Wellesley tonight and Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. from the Thayer Gate for the Theatre-on-the-Green's production of Shaw's Man and Superman. Those wishing the special combined trip and discount ticket must sign at Mrs. Clouser's office in Grays Hall before 4 p.m. on the days they wish to make the trips...
...Theatre on the Green appears to be climbing a platonic ladder of laughs, and with the current production of Shaw's Man and Superman the company has reached a high rung which will prove difficult...
...judicious cutting which alone makes the production successful. More it is the sparkling cast, the elaborate set, and the amusing special effects which makes Man and Superman summer stock that should not be missed...
Usually Man and Superman is produced without the Don Juan interlude because the rest of the play is long and the interlude is to some extent extraneous to the action. Director Jerome Kilty was wise, however, to include it, for not only does it make the play a whole, but it also includes some of the best of Shaw's didactic dialogue. For those who may prefer plot to opinions on the artist-man and the mother-woman, combined with discussion of the relative merits of Heaven and Hell, there is the consolation of some very excellent special effects...
...Superman is not, of course, mere comedy, and the play is susceptible to several levels of interpretation. On the surface, Shaw has built a comedy to explode the popular assumption that man pursues woman. Actually, it's the other way around, Shaw says, as any numbscull might detect. But the issue goes beyond the simple mechanics of who traps whom, sexually speaking...