Theatre: Shakespeare in Ogunquit

When she retired from the stage in 1918, Maude Adams vowed never to act again. She has broken her vow twice: once in 1931, when she toured in The Merchant of Venice; again last winter when she performed on the radio for Pond's Cold Cream. Last week, Maude Adams, now 62, seemed closer than ever to a real return to the Manhattan theatre where she was No. 1 actress (Peter Pan, Little Minister) in the decade before the War. She opened at Ogunquit, Maine, in Twelfth Night.

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