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That announcement ends speculation that has been going on all year about who would teach the course on "Epic and Novel." Two years ago Professor Harry Levin '33 conducted the lectures, and last year it was Thornton Wilder. The first half is taught by Professor John H. Finley...
...Rancher Thornton sold a prize steer for a charity benefit (see cut), Ward cheerfully made the high bid of $6,000. Just as cheerfully, Thornton later lent Ward $10,000 for a quick deal in return for a postdated $12,500 check (the extra $2,500 was to be Thornton's profit). The governor was puzzled when the check bounced...
Ward knew everybody, including Colorado's Governor Dan Thornton. When...
...Brattle Theatre has taken a busman's holiday from its Shakespearean tragedy with two modern tours de force which provide a highly entertaining, if at times puzzling, program. Both Christopher Fry's "A Phoenix Too Frequent" and Thornton Wilder's "The Long Christmas Dinner" have their messages and their morals. Fortunately, however, these are practically unintelligible when surrounded by a superbly fantastic plot in the first play, and then kaleidoscoping ninety years in less than and hour in the second...
Kazan, recognized as one of the top men in his field, has staged such plays as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Death of a Salesman." He also won the 1942 New York Drama Critics' Circle director of-the-year award for his staging of Thornton Wilder's "The Skin of Our Feeth...