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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 07, 1968
Page
7
A fragmented text from an old newspaper page returns incomplete words and stray quotes. Readable elements suggest a short local item but no clear event, date, or named entities emerge for a coherent summary.
Canberra Canberra Theatre will host The Student Prince this November in a five performance season by the Canberra Philharmonic Society. Production of Tolante was shelved and Student Prince will be staged as the next major work. Applications for Producer close May 14 1964 and should be sent to the hon secretary 14 Haven Street O Connor with details of availability and experience. Chorus and other musical theatre participants are encouraged to apply or write for more information.
London born pop orchestra ANEW forms along the lines of the famous Moston. Organisers are songwriters Tony Maze Nulay, 24, and John Mag Fend, St. Welch has long recorded with them. The group aims to bring fresh recording nights and performances.
Channel 3 lineup features Play School news and adventure segments from 10.10 to 4.00 with shows like The Possessed and Adventure Island. Evening slots include Ensign O'Toole, Bellbird, Canberra News, This Day Tonight and Coronation Street, plus news briefs and a late screening of America and the Americans.
Former Prompt Theatre founder Al Butavicius returns with Eleanor Witcombe's Pirates at the Barn a holiday children's play set in Mosman Sydney during colonial times. The cast features Peter Dwyer Lovan Perry and veteran Canberra actors Michael Kelly Dick Meisel Janet Cummings and Joyce Macfarlane. Performances run May 14 to 16 at 10 10 am 1 pm and 3 pm on May 16 with bookings via David Jones and Bourkecher's Kingston.
The Rome International Pop Festival wrapped last weekend at Palzzo Dello Sport in Rome. Britains Donovan and the Byrds led a four day program with acts from France Italy and Yugoslavia among seven sections. The event carried a reported $133,000 venture.
A remarkable translation of The Taming of the Shrew at the Capitol highlights Franco Zeffirelli as director and co-scenarist, delivering a lively Padua brought to life with bubbling vibrant reality. The production's spirit and direction receive strong praise as the central force behind the show.
The note hints at a puzzle where each letter or symbol stands for a distinct figure and the odd one out is 20 in the DRIVE. It presents a riddle style line in a cryptic idle mood.
A 1960s era critic lauds Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet style and production, praising color work by Os Morris and the set design, while noting Burton and Taylor performances and stronger support cast. The reviewer critiques pacing, dialogue cuts, and emphasizes the film’s visual spectacle over strict fidelity to the original text.
Grand Prix formati honors Sacques Tadd for Play Time with a modernist set concept and the Crystal Suar award to James Wary. Faye Dunaway wins Bonnie and Clyde prize while Sidney Poitier is named best actor for In the Heat of the Night in a broad AAP-Reatar recap.
Nolan's Burke and Wills Leaving Melbourne sold at weekend auction for a record 535,000. Paddington dealer Barry Stern says it may be the highest price ever paid for an Australian painting. The buyer agreed after extended negotiations and will take delivery in three months. The work stays in Australia, with initial plans for Canberra or Sydney venues abandoned.
A scrambled OCR list outlines a long morning schedule from a Canberra radio/programming lineup. It references news, weather, weather, religious devotions, music programs, concerts, and parliamentary coverage with multiple time stamps and program titles scattered throughout.
Australian Robin Ramsey starred as Fagin in the British musical Oliver! in Tokyo on National Boys Day. A capacity audience including Prince Hiro, the Emperor's grandson, applauded the cast. The Toho Co Ltd produced English-language revival runs eleven weeks at the Imperial Theatre, first staged in London in 1960 and touring worldwide.
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