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  • Author(s): Clurman, Harold
  • Source:
    Nation. 5/16/1953, Vol. 176 Issue 20, p421-422. 2p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      GRASS Harp, The (Theatrical production); THEATER; CAPOTE, Truman, 1924-1984; STORY plots; STAGE actors & actresses; THEATER audiences
    • Abstract:
      Truman Capote's "The Grass Harp" benefits from the bare production that the young people of the Circle in the Square give it. The Broadway production last spring was too ornate, too pretty-pretty and largely miscast. It is a slight and simple play of pleasant sentiment with glints of genuine talent. Occasionally it seems derivative of Carson McCullers. The writing is less spontaneous — tending now and again to a certain stiff and decorative archness. But the play's theme and feeling are valuable. With diffident humor it invites audiences to consider the plight of the odd folks of the world.