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...achieves a nobility, a feeling of exhilaration from recognizing the absurdity of existence and deciding to live a committed life nevertheless. But I suspect there is something phoney about Camus' noble affirmation--it's too conveniently noble; one doubts how real an alternative suicide was for Camus. Director David Wheeler's Caligula, which opened Thursday evening, quite properly emphasizes the agonizing psychological turmoil which precedes strictly logical murdering...
...seems to me that instead of the continual stress on whether the American people want a "trigger-happy" President, it is high time that people start asking themselves whether they want a "wheeler-dealer" President, who wants to get his way by any nefarious or unscrupulous means and build up his personal fortune into the bargain. Other countries of the world would have far more respect for a President of high moral principles, firmness and unquestionable character...
William Saroyan's Talking to You is a play of no special merit, but excellent acting and direction make up for the playwright's vapidness. An exuberant, brilliantly unaffected performance by Mel Hopson leads the work of a fine cast, ably directed by David Wheeler...
...same calibre of acting and direction is bestowed on the more substantial piece, Harold Pinter's A Slight Ache. This one-acter contains a scriptful of challenging subtleties which the Theatre Company converts into highly entertaining drama. Bronia Stefan and Paul Benedict sculpture their roles flawlessly, David Wheeler paces the play smoothly, while music and an ingeniously designed set accent mood and action effectively...
...plot, Fail Safe is strangely similar to Peter George's Red Alert, the 1958 novel on which Dr. Strangelove is based. When Fail-Safe (the book was sold to Hollywood but the hyphen apparently was not) was published in 1962, Novelist George sued Novelists Burdick and Wheeler for plagiarism. They settled out of court for undisclosed considerations. In any case, the issue is now academic; both pictures were produced by the same company (Columbia...