Opera in the News: Simon and Flagstad Book Reviews
Column notes rising opera interest with Banberg sketches and a new edition Treasury of Grand Opera by Henry W. Simon. It highlights Kirsten Flagstad’s memoir Flagstad A Personal Memoir by Edwin D. McArthur, its publication details, wartime travel, picketing incidents, and backstage anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pagniacci
Nimble Black
Frederick Banberg
Caruso
Canio
Henry W. Simon
Simon and Schuster
Kirsten Flagstad
Flagstad
Elsa
Isolde
Edwin D. McArthur
McArthur
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
Bridge: Don’t Cry If You Get What You’ve Asked For
Bridge column discusses strategies and missteps in bridge play with a sample hand and bidding, plus a note on declarer play. It mentions a hypothetical contract, ruffs, and the impact of different lines, and ends with a New York AP brief on Saul Bellow’s playwriting debut and upcoming productions.
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Bridge
Declarer
South
East
West
New York
Saul Bellow
Lyn Austin
Prof Romasco Writes New Book About Hoover
Albert A. Romasco, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Romasco of 20 Schuyler St, published a study titled The Poverty of Abundance on Herbert Hoover. A Pittsfield High School 1949 graduate, he earned a BA from the University of Massachusetts and an ALA and PhD from the University of Chicago in 1961. He is an assistant professor of history at New York University. The book analyzes Hoover era Depression relief attempts and their outcomes.
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Albert A. Romasco
Herbert Hoover
Romasco
Schuyler St
Pittsfield
University of Massachusetts
University of Chicago
New York University
Hoover
Billericay salesman jailed for selling fake Scotch
Billericay England United Press International reports salesman Eric Walker aged 33 received a six month jail sentence after he sold bottles proclaimed as Scotch whisky but filled with counterfeit grain spirits.
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Billericay, England
UPI
Eric Walker
Capitol Movie Timetable with Harum-Scania and More
Capitol shows Harum-Scania at 2:30 5:45 and 9:00 Here Come the Girls at 1:00 4:15 7:40 Palate Red Line 7000 at 1:06 4:45 8:35 Revenge at 2:50 6:40 Union Square presents The Bedford Incident at 1:00 3:00 5:00 7:00 9:00 Song of London at 2:40 4:40 6:40 8:40 Pittsfield Drive-In screens The War Lover at 7:00 Ship of Fools at 9:00.
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Capitol
Harum-Scania
Red Line
Union Square
London
Pittsfield Drive-In
Program Set For Chamber Concert Sunday
Winifred Keane will headline a Chamber Music Society concert at Berkshire Museum Islen Crane Room at 8 pm. She will perform Bernart de Ventadorn troubadour songs, Edna St. Vincent Millay songs by John Duke, Grieg Sonata for Piano and Cello, then Russian sung Tagore Verses with violinist Jan Stocklinski and pianist Betty Maby. Jay Rosenfeld and Nardus Lessing also appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Keane
Chamber Music Society
Berkshire Museum
Isllen Crane Room
Miss Keane
Bernart de Ventadorn
Edna St. Vincent Millay
John Duke
Smith College
Betty Maby
Edvard Grieg
Jan Stocklinski
Miss Maby
J.S. Bach
Oppositoy Ivanov
Ludwig von Beethoven
Jay Rosenfeld
Nardus Lessing
Cello
Glenn Ford and Kathy Hays announce marriage plans
Hollywood report says actor Glenn Ford and actress Kathy Hays will wed early next year after Ford finishes two films. It would be each star's second marriage.
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Hollywood
Glenn Ford
Kethy Hays
Ford
Menasha Skulnik on The Zulu and the Zayda Broadway show
In a New York feature veteran actor Menasha Skulnik discusses his role in The Zulu and the Zayda a Broadway musical with eight Harold Rome songs. He reflects on family, his circus beginnings in Poland and his enduring faith in live audience feedback.
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New York
Nana
Menasha Skulnik
Harold Rome
Zayda
Europe
Johannesburg
South Africa
Equity
Menasha
Poland
Brest-Litovsk
Nnasha
Evry
Auditions Planned for Streetcar at Williams College
Auditions for Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire set for Monday and Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Adams Memorial Theatre Williams College Six major roles for men include Stanley Kowalski Mitchell Hubbell and Pablo Gonzales plus a Young newspaper collector and a doctor Six principal parts for women feature Blanche Dubois Stella Kowalski a Negro woman Elenice Hubbell an old Mexican flower woman and a nurse Open auditions welcome to the public no prior theater experience required Production directed by John von Szieliski will run January 13 14 and 15 at AMT New Milford Conn promotion note attached disjointed details follow.
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Tennessee Williams
Adams Memorial
Williams College
Stanley Kowalski
Harold Mitchell
Steve Hubbell
Pablo Gonzales
Blanche Dubois
Stella Kowalski
Elenice Hubbell
John von Szieliski
AMT
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Sy Doreen King
Yiddish Theater
Uncle Willie
Actors’ Studio
New Milford, Conn
Mal Bryant
Candlewood Glass Co
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Jipalaceg
Revenge of the
Gladiators
Kalahari
Toon Deaton Ave
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