Word: troilus
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After the HTW had had the music commissioned for this show and had gathered a special orchestra under Tom Phillips to conduct it, Safer was really worried about how his system would carry it out to the audience. One critic had commented adversely on the sound system for "Troilus and Cresida," the Workshop's last play. But the morning that the reviews came out for "The Tempest," Safer was beaming. Nobody mentioned the sound system...
This past fall has seen the HTW in its new quarters, Brattle Hall, which four members of the organization now own. The first production there was "Troilus and Cressida," one of Shakespeare's most controversial plays and one that has tempted few producers because of its intensely rigid poetry, its bitter theme, and its lack of histrionic possibilities. (It might be pointed out here that Shakespeare is rarely given a first-rate showing on Broadway until some actor promotes it as a vehicle for his own glorification. Shakespeare for itself, no). The Workshop did for "Troilus and Cressida" what museum...
...first prizes of $50 each in the finals of the Boylston Speaking Contest held in Paine Hall last night. Verven gave the Allocution by Pope Plus XII to the Consistory of Cardinals on the arrest of Josef Cardinal Mindszenty, and Baumann recited Ulysses' speech on order, from Shakespeare's "Troilus and Crossida...
With the exception of Miss Raphaelson and Andrews, the lead performers also appeared in the HTW's presentation of "Troilus and Cressida" last winter. Kilty played Ulysses, David played the part of Pandarus, Fletcher was Hector, and Miss Farrand played Cressida...
Albert Marre, who directed "Henry IV," and who played Thersites in last season's "Troilus and Cressida" will direct this production. The new costumes will be designed by Richard Baldridge, who is now teaching at the University of Iowa...