Threepenny Opera stunner at Williamstown Theatre
Williamstown Theatre's current season closes with Brecht and Weill's The Threepenny Opera, in an excellent English adaptation by Marc Blitzstein. Austin Pendleton leads a strong cast including Polly Peachum Elinor Ellsworth and Macheath Charles Siebert. despite rough opening act, the production delivers sharp social critique, daring musical numbers, and vivid performances that overcome staging limits.
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Bertolt Brecht
Kurt Weill
Marc Blitzstein
Williamstown Theatres
Mark Healy
Austin Pendleton
Peachum
Louis Beachners
Pegey Pope
Olly Peachum
Elinor Ellsworth Macheath
Mack the Knife
Charles Siebert
Yenny
Joyce Ebert
Everend Kimball
Robert Foster
No Brown
Tony Capodilupo
M. Stephen Mendillo
Brown
Nancy Kenestrick
Ck’s Gang
Lady-Money
Mack David Ackroyd
Rook
Finger Jake Ashton Crosby
Bob-The
Stan Wiklinski
Walt Dreary
Richard Masur
Girls
Betty Deborah Marks
Wally Charlotte Albright
Molly
Judy Lankford
Carol Waaser
Carter Jahne
James Selby
Lee Wallace
Trixie Barbette Tweed
Williamstown
Akness
Brecht-Weill
Threepenny Opera
Austin Pendelton
Mack Thee
Tony Apodilupo
Jenny
Eggy Pope
Brecht
Brecht and Weill
Peggy Pope
Louis Beachner
Mrs. Peachum
Williamstown Theatre
London
Grange News Sees Forest Ranger Talk At Aug Meeting
At Stenkill Grange on Wednesday August 20 forest ranger Al Jonny n spoke on Forest Services Work and Wildlife with a Q and A. Members heard of neighbor night with Battenkill Grange August 28 at Old Bennington School House and Rutland Fair free admittance with dues receipt.
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Stenkill Grange
Wedness
al Johnnyn
Benngton County
The
Grange
Forest Services
John Geer
Lillian Elwell
Bennington Grange
Battenkill
Old Bennington
Battenkill Grange
Rutland Fair
Dana Gate
State Grange Dairy Queen
Rev Edith Reynolds Hosts Area Doctors at Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls residents hosted visiting British physician Dr Maurice Kingsley and wife at Paradise Restaurant. Doctors from Bennington and Hoosick Falls discussed medical views while Kingsley explained British health policy and doctor shortages. Also mentions Trevor Wormald in Sunderland court for bottom pinching spoof.
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Edith Reynolds
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Bennington
Edith Craig Reynolds
Hoosick
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Philip Martinez
Reynolds
Paradise
Troy
Maurice Kingsley
Sheik Rashid
Bu bin Said
al Maktum
Kingsley
Eagle Bridge
Grandma Moses
John Craig
England
James Craig
Kingsleys
British Information Office
Britain
Sie
Great Britain
Sunderland
UPI
Trevor Wormald
Brenda Dunn
Bennington Rutland Supervisory Names 69 70 Teachers
Rutland Bennington Supervisory Union announces new staff for 1969 70 across districts. Includes Phyllis Warren Danby Currier Memorial Grade 1 and Helen Mach Dorset principalship, Madeline Leach North Rupert Grade 5, Mary Moscatello Rutland language arts in grades 6 7 8, Helen Nichols Danby Grade 2, Ruth Renaudette PE in Manchester and Dorset, Anne Haas Danby home economics, Jacqueline Pell 4th level, Mary Eileen Stouter Pawlet librarian, Robin Verner Ludlow 7th grade science coordinator, Judith Wichelas East Dorset vocal music, Robert Yarger industrial arts in Junior High, Nancy Ursha Castleton graduate first level teacher. Rupert Helen Packer new Dorset resident teaches grades 3 4, Edward Vanover Glenview Illinois teaches grades 5 6. School opens Sept 2 except Danby Sept 3 Currier Memorial. Calendar with openings and holidays follows.
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Helen Mach
Dorset
Madeline Leach
North Rupert
Mary Moscatello
Rutland
Helen Nichols
Danby
Ruth Renaudette
Burlington
Manchester
Anne Haas
Jacqueline Pell
Mary Eileen Stouter
Pawlet
Robin Verner
Ludlow
Judith Wichelas
East Dorset
Robert Yarger
West Rutland
Nancy Ursha
Castleton State College
Rupert
Helen Packer
Oakland
N.J
Edward Vanover
Glenview
Ill
Currier Memorial
Weir Reynolds Pool Closes Thursday in Hoosick Falls
The Weir Reynolds pool enters its third season final day is Thursday at 7 30 p m. Pool officials will drain pipes and cover for winter on Friday. Health officials Dr Gordon Eadie and Albert Butkas praised upkeep during a recent inspection. County Treasurer James Brady and Town Supervisor John Murphy attended. Pool director William Gilchrest and his family plan a camping trip before he returns to work at Hoosick Falls Central School.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Weir - Reynolds
Gordon Eadie
Rensselaer County Health Board
Eadie
Albert A. Butkas
James M. Brahan
John A. Murphy
Hoosick
County Health Board
William H. Gilchrest
New York State
Hoosick Falls Central School
Arlington Residentsopposed State Dam Policy at Red Mill Meet
Arlington and West Arlington residents blamed state officials for neglecting the Red Mill dam on the Battenkill River two miles west of Sandgate Road. They cited lack of repairs since 1966, questioned verbal sale agreements, and condemned planned dam removals as harming fish habitat and local scenery.
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Arlington
State Fish and Game Dept
Water Resources Dept
West Arlington
Red Mill
Fish and Game Dept
Battenkill River
Sandgate Road
Jerome Viault
Fish and Game Department
Viault
Gordon Rice
Searsburg
Peo
Salvage work to raise Alvin submarine off ocean floor
In Woods Hole Massachusetts a coordinated operation to lift the experimental Alvin from 5000 feet of water about 80 miles southeast of Nantucket was set to begin. If successful the Alvin could be raised by late today with the Mizar Navy research vessel joining the Aluminaut to attach tow cables and Crawford as a support vessel.
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Woods Hole
Mass
UPI
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Nantucket Island
Navy
Mizar
Crawford
Martha’s Vineyard
The Annual At Art Center To Continue
The 40th exhibition by Southern Vermont Art Center member artists will continue through Labor Day. Ten galleries hold 307 paintings and 27 sculptures plus prints and graphics. the permanent sculpture garden is open. Center hours are 10 5 daily including Labor Day. Sundays 1 5. Admission 50 cents for nonmembers. children under 12 free. Tuesdays free.
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Manchester
Southern Vermont Art Center
Biological Superiorities and Dam Debate Shape Arlington Hearing
A UPI report notes women may outlive men due to biological factors and hormones, while Arlington hearings clash over dam removal for better fish passage. Residents cite aesthetics, game fish movement, and trash fish barriers as stakeholders weigh river use and habitat against dam reconstruction. State officials defer action, promising a written governor’s report.
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Robert Jones
Fish and Game Dept
Mary Webster
Vermont
New York
Fish and Game
Thieme
Fish and Game Board
Richard Whitman
Wayside
West Arlington
Edward F. Kehoe
Kehoe
Thurston Hulet
Bennington Man To Be Arraigned in Rutland
Wayne Morse 31 of Bennington will face Rutland County court on an escape from the Rutland Correctional Center. Extradition waived after arraignment in Rensselaer County, Troy. Morse had been jailed since Aug 8. he was captured Aug 7 in Hoosick Falls, New York.
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Bennington
Rutland
Wayne Morse
Rutland Correctional Center
Rutland County State’s Attorney’s Office
Morse
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Vermont
Rensselaer County
William White
Troy
Rensselaer
Douglas Britch
William Murray
American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont
Lawrence J. Bizzaro
Bennington County
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Grange News
Eleanor Niles
Robert Cook
George Brassards
Pownal
Edward Kyerr
Syracuse
Edward Kyerrs
Holiday Horse Farm
George Henry
West Henrietta
Enry
Eunice Barber
Walter Hulihan
Maureen
Worcester
Marilyn Walker
Virgin Islands
Myra Sisson
Mary McClellan Hospital
Clawson Johnson
Sarah McCracken
Dewey McCart
Ralph McCart
William Telford
Helen Johnm
Niagara Falls
Maurice Perry
Gram
Roy Crofut
Bennington Rutland Supervisory
Rutland Supervisory Union
Neil E. Cross
Phyllis Warren
Currier Memorial School
Sehaalanane
Ary
Ted
Weir-Reynolds
Burt Brothers
Red Mill Dam
John Randolph
Reinhold Thieme
State Water Resources Board
Elbert G. Moulton
Richard Sears
Department
James MacMartin
Habitat Control
Martin
MacMartin
Arlington Selectman
Art Center
Los Angeles
Henry Sobel
Veterans Hospital
U.S
Jewelers
Main St
American Gem Society
Vogue
Vanity
Bennington, Vt
Main
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