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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1964
Page
6
The movie business fights a dwindling audience yet shows 44 million weekly viewers. New four-wall theaters rise, offering twin auditoriums with flexible bookings, separate lounges, and lounge seating. films include 70 mm capable Cinerama. Parking and shopping center locations appeal to families, with adult and Disney fare split across auditoriums.
Stratford on Avon England AP A permanent center to study Shakespeare’s work and a vivid exhibition of his life opened in his birthplace on Henley Street on the eve of his 400th anniversary. Eugene Black former World Bank president and now head of the American Shakespeare Association dedicated the center. It houses 1800 books dating from Elizabethan times and chronicles the theater through the centuries with interior panels of cherry wood and life size glass etchings of Macbeth Antony and Cleopatra and other characters.
Berkshire Community College stages New Girl in Town based on Eugene O Neill with book by George Abbott and lyrics by Bob Merrill. Frances Smegal shines as Marthy and Frances Gasson as Anna while Robert Boland’s direction elevates a young cast in a ambitious Broadway style production.
The South Mountain Association marks its 10th year sponsoring the spring Young Audiences Concerts with an opera focus. New York City's After Dinner Opera Company will give eight concerts in county public schools starting April 27, performing scenes from Mozart to modern works with Anne Huston and Emanuel Levenson leading the program. Nine Berkshire schools will host the shows featuring selections from La Boheme, Rigoletto, Die Walkure, Romeo et Juliette, and The Marriage of Figaro among others. Contributions to the Young Audiences Fund support the countywide program, with autumn performances planned for Pittsfield junior high.
Sheinwold discusses the intercollegiate Bridge Championship focusing on bidding strategy. He notes the value of playing from the correct side of the table and explains how declarer South can turn the hand to advantage by prioritizing the queen of spades, enabling development of other tricks and guiding South to bid notrump with favorable help.
In a bridge puzzle from Intercollegiate Championships the bidding and play are illustrated. South holds Spade Q6 Heart A1072 Diamond K34 Club 10943 and should bid one no trump rather than two hearts or two clubs. the text explains why diamonds and clubs require careful development and how different lines of play affect the contract.
Capitol shows The Raiders at 1 00 4 10 7 25 and The Brass Bottle at 2 35 5 40 8 50. Palace presents A Tiger Walks at 1 55 4 25 6 45 9 05. Union Square offers Tom Jones at 1 20 3 50 6 20 8 50 and Splendors of Paris at 1 00 3 30 6 00 0 30. Berkshire Drive-In and Pittsfield Drive-In operate weekends only, County timetable on Page 24.
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