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Peter E. Quint

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The Cocktail Party

Of all T.S. Eliot's odd plays, The Cocktail Party is quite possibly the oddest. At times the characters flourish an


Pal Joey

In 1940 Lorenz Hart was at his pithy best, and Richard Rodgers had not yet flowered into his fluffy and


The Advocate

Again the aged eagle stretches its wings, but barely manages to get off the ground. It could have used a


Pharaetra

The Lowellian Apollo has packed some charming sagittae into his current Pharaetra. Aegis-bearers John Berendt and Jeremy Johnston have avoided


Partisan Review

The Fall Partisan Review has arrived, and with it Dwight MacDonald's second article on Masscult and Midcult. This is a


First Person

First Person is a lavishly printed and quite excellent little journal of "Travel, Memoirs & Humor" whose first issue is


Mort Sahl

I am convinced that people will laugh at almost anything Mort Sahl says. He comes out on stage in non-descript


Joan Baez-Eric von Schmidt

Last Friday night Joan Baez and Eric von Schmidt sang folk songs in Agassiz Theater, under the aegis of the


The Advocate

The Harvard Advocate begins its first issue with a dandy little story by Keith Lowe. New Day, as it is