University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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Michigan theater finds a wide range of expression. Drama of all kinds is available to the student theater-goer, some of it good, much of it bad. But whenever he attends a Gilbert and Sullivan production he is certain to be, at least or best, in satiric hands. Ingenious scenery and make-shift costumes blend in an astonishingly professional manner. Stage busi- ness doesn ' t usually measure up; a point for the Daily critic.

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t dark glasses, is the Daily critic product of Michigan ' s critical spirit. These are entertained by the height of cultural suc- cess, for Hill ' s program does not pretend to support the neophyte. Washington re- porter, Drew Pearson (upper left), with his reputation for the last word, Bidu Sayao (lower left) a petite figure and a peerless soprano, Rise Stephens (lower right) known for the rose between her teeth, the Buda- pest String Quartet (upper right) an en- semble of matchless co-ordination these are but a selection of the year ' s repertoire.

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Hero Leonard welcomed back from war. Grim headsman poised ready to perform. Dramatically, the people pray for mercy. At last, the public-demanded happy ending