Broadway First Night Critics Differ About Archibald MacLeish Play
Critics split on Archibald MacLeish’s Scratch at Broadway’s St James Playhouse. The 79 year old laureate treats liberty and government in a stylized retelling of Daniel Webster and the devil, but many find the dialogue and rhetoric fail to yield dramatic grandeur.
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Wiliam Glover
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St. James Playhouse
Daniel Webster
MacLeish
Ableaux
Patrick Magee
Webster
Will Geer
Webster- Magee
Broadway Song Notes From Lyons Reflect Hollywood Tales
A roundup of entertainment scoops highlights Hollywood lore from New York to Cannes. Myriad names—Helen Hayes, James MacArthur, Jack Benny, Viveca Lindfors, Elizabeth Taylor, George C. Scott, Alain Resnais, John Osborne—join anecdotes about premieres, scripts, and museum shifts, with industry figures recalling career twists and treasures.
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New York
California
Lyons
Helen Hayes
James MacArthur
Miss Hayes
Jack Nicholson
U. S
George C. Scott
Hollywood Wax Museum
Larry Shean
Gallagher and Shean
Madrid
John Huston
Richard Harris
New York Bays Public Theater Purchase Approved
The New York City council approves the purchase of the Pub The theater in Greenwich Village for 2.6 million dollars. Joseph Papp, director, says the theater is more important to the city than Yankee Stadium as plans to acquire it proceed despite earlier objections.
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New York
Central Park
Joseph Papp
Greenwich Village
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Hollywood
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Paul Avia Nayer
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Elizabeth Taylor
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