Note

266 MODERN DRAMA December admired: bareness of style, the foreswearing of picturesque ornamentation , the dramatic utility of symbol and ritual, the reflection of speech rhythms and control of pace permitted by the control of 4-stress measured accentual verse. Comparison of Purgatory and The Family Reunion discloses similarities of verse form, as well as symbolic and ritual content, which help to clarify the prosodic practice of both men and suggest that Eliot's appreciation of the line in Purgatory may have influenced him in his movement towards greater unity of style and verse form in The Cocktail Party. MARJORIE J. LIGHTFOOT NOTE The 1965 MMLA meeting will be held next spring at the University of Chicago. Anyone interested in reading a 15-20 minute paper in the Modern Drama Conference should write to Professor Charles Shattuck, Department of English, University of Illinois. ...