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Theatre
Clurman, Harold | October 19, 1964 issue

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This article focuses on the plays "Oh What a Lovely War," by David Merrick and Gerry Ruffles, and "The Last Analysis," by Joseph Anthony. Members of Britain's older generation who still remember the songs and atmosphere of the First World War on which the production is based wept in anguished nostalgia. For them 1914-18 was a time of youthful hope, patriotic sentiment and ultimately of collapsed illusion, the confrontation of a country drained of blood and confidence. The play by Anthony occasionally takes on a vigor that buzzes audiences' nerves and assumes even more meaning than the play's ostensible message.

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OH! What a Lovely War (Theatrical production); LAST Analysis, The (Theatrical production); ANTHONY, Joseph; MERRICK, David; RUFFLES, Gerry; THEATER; PERFORMING arts
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