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...left bank, and give a dashing and alien air to one's whole appearance. What is so foolish is that they are worn indoors; and while most may think the wearer suffers from dilation of the pupils, he himself has transformed his table in the Waldorf to a little wrought iron one in some sidewalk cafe, where he sits reading a foreign language newspaper. Dark glasses are a little farther than most care to go, though...
...pretty certain of one thing, however: the people in Cambridge who dote on the illustrious decadence of the Continent lack the strength of the convictions they don't have. Their eccentricities are externally wrought. They do not have the extraordinary values that extraordinary dress and manners ought to spring from...
...felt themselves so pilloried. Yet the letters seem to point more clearly to how closely Wolfe did live his novels. The germs of so many incidents appear with the natural infelicity of statement characteristic of correspondence that make one wonder by what marvelous transformation his life was so skillfully wrought into art. And on another level, the letters wonderfully reveal the feeling and personalities of the time. Particularily interesting is his correspondence and flighty friendship with the decaying F. Scott Fitzgerald...
...Tyrone Guthrie, an outstanding director, should believe in this play is a mystery, but he proves his ingenuity and does an enormous amount of work to cover the author's odd efforts with an engaging, amusing, decidely well-wrought surface. He and Mr. Slezak make delightful details out of nearly nothing--a gesture, a glance, or a footman...
...solid dramatic potential, and a great debt to Long Day's Journey Into Night. Although the cast often does not reach potential depths of character, both Ed Walsh, as the younger son who revolts, and Yvonne Korshak, as the aging but eager aunt, bring excellent consistent emotion into earnestly wrought characterizations. After her beautifully timed hula dance during dinner, the high point of the play, the stage suffers from loose writing and looser pacing. Director Lumbard lacked the experience to build through to the end; his staging was often too static and hesitant...