Shadow

…He produced many satirical comedies and was noted for his cutting-edge sense of the times and his experimental pursuit of new means of expression. He was the first to premiere plays by E. Schwartz, such as The Shadow (1940). He is famous for his outlandish caricatured interpretations of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1932) and Twelfth Night (1938). …

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…風刺喜劇を数多く手がけ，先鋭な時代感覚と新しい表現手段の実験的な追究で注目された。《影》(1940)などE.シュワルツの戯曲を初演した功績は大きい。とっぴな戯画的解釈でのシェークスピアの《ハムレット》(1932)，《十二夜》(1938)が有名。…

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