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further comments, "So is the capsule election campaign be-
tween the two candidates for President.
Brooks Atkinson's first statement is an approval of the
Boy Ant and the Girl Ant. Introduced as robot-like crea-
tures, these two characters rapidly progress from ants to
human beings under the tutelage of the Chief Scientist.
Their purpose is quickly realized as they present another
"rubber-tipped" comment upon human activities.
Physically, the Boy Ant is average. His physical at-
tributes should be void of the extreme. He should have no
unique characteristics in height, weight, or appearance.
The Girl Ant, likewise, should present a guise of standard-
ization. It is important to the poignancy of the play that
these characters be as universal as possible. They are por-
traying all young men and women as they progress from
courtship to matrimony to family. In addition to univer-
sality, the physical image should be similar as the two
characters appear compatible.
Intellectually, the Boy Ant is a non-thinker. His only
intellectual endeavor is to strive for survival. Like many
people, he only desires to eat, to work, and to be left
alone. The Girl Ant is similar, with the exception that she
has no originality. She does only as she is told. She has
been told to make love and that is her only intellectual as-
piration. The love-making early in the play is a purely
6Ibid.
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Long, Jerry Lyndon. An Analysis and Production Book for a Staging of Samuel Spewack's Under the Sycamore Tree, thesis, August 1967; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc163912/m1/37/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .