The Immortal Profession review: Joys of Teaching
Samuel Middlebrook praises Gilbert Highet in this review of The Immortal Profession The Joys of Teaching and Learning. The book highlights learning before teaching and portrays Highet as a thoughtful educator with forty years at Columbia University as Anthon professor of Latin.
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Weybright and Talley
New York
Samuel Middlebrook
Chaucer
Oxford
Anthon
Columbia University
Highet
Philospher
Gilbert Murray
Albert Schweitzer
Africa
Fritz Lang Dies at 85 in Beverly Hills
Renowned director Fritz Lang, the Austrian born filmmaker behind Metropolis and M, died at his Beverly Hills home at age 85 after years of ill health. Lang, whose career spanned Berlin Paris and Hollywood, shaped cinematic suspense and visual composition. He left directing 15 years earlier but lectured at a university and last staged The 1000 Eyes of Dr Mabuse in 1961.
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Calif
UPI
Fritz Lang
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Paris
Hollywood
Metropolis
Lang
Peter Lorre
Western Union
Dr. Mabuse
Germany
Hitler
Arts Calendar at South Mountain and Berkshire Week
Arts listings describe Richard Dyer Bennet recital at South Mountain on Aug 11, Marlboro Music Festival weekend Aug 6–8 with Serkin and Busch works, Heritage Playhouse repertory Aug 4–8, and Victor Herbert at Ancram Opera House Aug 8–15. also a book review section mentioning Gilbert Highet and The Immortal Profession.
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South Mountain
Richard Dyer- Bennet
Monterey
Dyer-Bennett
State University of New York
Stony Brook
William Willeke
Box
Pittsfield
Mass
Marlboro Music Festival
Equivalent Lands to Open in Putney
The Equivalent Lands by Joe Greenhoe returns Aug 9 and 10 at Windham Summer Repertory Theatre in Putney with two 8:15 p.m. shows and a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Aug 10. Funded partly by a Vermont Bicentennial Commission grant, the play blends local politics and history with music by the Applejack Fiddlers and features community and professional actors led by director Paul Nelson. Local cast includes Dwight Miller, Verne Switzer, Tom Pantera, Peter Seymour, Colin Nelson, John Crockett, David Bury, Richard Bissell, Richard Beebe, Kari Purpora, and others. Box office 3875515. hours 10–4 daily and 6 p.m. on performance nights. closed Sundays.
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Heritage Playhouse
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Virginia Woolf
Edward Albee
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Fantasticks
Northeast Kingdom
New York City
Los Angeles
California
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the Playhouse
John Ryan
Newark
Virginia Campbell
Rick Andasca
Eric Marshall
Kathleen Cullen
Stephanie Mazuzan
Burlington
Naughty Marietta
Red Mill
Ancram Opera House
Victor Herbert
Ancram
N.Y
Putney
Joe Greenhoe
Vermont
Windham Summer Repertory Theatre
Vermont Bicentennial Commission
Commission
Applejack Fiddlers
Moses Joy
Hannah Ward
Paul Nelson
Dwight Miller
Dummerston
Orchardist
Fairly
Hosea Miller
Verne Switzer
Brattleboro
Tom Pantera
David Bury
Richard Bissell
Richard Beebe
Kari Purpora
Dummerston Boys
Peter Seymour
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John Crockett
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Bach
Park-McCullough House
Marlboro Festival Orchestra
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Tony Kalam
Serkin
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Pina Carmirelli
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Adolf Busch
Marlboro
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Sands
Houghton Mifflin
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Jesus
Socrates
Supreme Court
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Hoosick Falls
Ani
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Bullet
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Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Bob Randall
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Rte
Dorset
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Woody USA
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the Emperor
Dorset, Vt
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Nancy Walker
Estelle Winwood
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SVA Festival Orchestra
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Southern Vermont Art Center
Manchester
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Thornton Wilder
Nikos Psacharopoulos
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Knicks News
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Three Sisters
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VCO
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Dragon Shoes
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Arlington
I Sale
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Pittsfield, Mass
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Pittsfield, MA
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