Second generation hopefuls mix rewards on Broadway
On Broadway this season second generation actors grapple with opportunity and attention. Julie Garfield, Tandy Cronyn, Roc Brynner, Michael Douglas, Josh Mastel and Warren Lyons headline mixed fortunes in varied plays and new ventures while Earl Wilson Jr. pursues writing and music in a challenging field.
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Broadway
Miss Garfield
Vanya
Tandy Cronyn
Jessica Tandy
Hume Cronyn
Lincoln Center
John
Julie Garfield
New York Theater
23 True Tales Present Hunters in Deadly Peril
Ben East presents 23 true adventures where hunters face death in the wild. From Arctic polar bears to African lions, the accounts depict peril and survival. Dramatic drawings by Tom Beecham accompany the text.
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Ben East
Dutton
Outdoor Life
East
Arctic
Africa
Tom Beecham
South Bass Island life and history chronicled in Frohman book
Ohio Historical Society releases Charles E. Frohman history of Put-in-Bay Lake Erie island detailing early events from the War of 1813 to Civil War era figures John Brown Jr. and Jay Cooke. Appendices list island boat captains and vessels. 100 illustrations, many unseen.
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Columbus
Put-in-Bay
Lake Erie
South Bass Island
Ohio Historical Society
Charles E. Frohman
Sandusky
John Brown Jr
Jay Cooke
Gibraltar Island
the Historical Society
The Short, Happy Life of Brendan Behan Review
John Barkham reviews ALICE O CONNOR biographical portrait of Brendan Behan. The piece contrasts Behan and Dylan Thomas, traces Behan’s Dublin upbringing, IRA ties, Borstal and prison experiences, prolific self destruction, and limited literary output alongside his celebrated persona.
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Brendan Behan
Alice O’connor
Behan
Dylan Thomas
O’connor
O'Connor
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
John Barkham
Saturday Review
Merry memoirs of an actress Ruth Gordon review
Ruth Gordon’s memoirs assemble a buoyant anecdotal portrait of a life spent on stage and screen. From Maude Adams to Olivier, the Algonquin circle to Garson Kanin, the actress and wit narrates hits, flops, and recent film work with brisk gusto and playful non sequiturs. Reviewed by William Glover.
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Ruth Gordon
Atheneum
Miss Gordon
Garson Kanin
Maude Adams
Papa
Maugham
Olivier
Stuttgart Ballet brings bold reinterpretations to Met tour
The Stuttgart Ballet led by John Cranko returns on tour with new choreographic visions of Eugene Onegin Carmen and Romeo and Juliet while showcasing dance as a potent theater form. Heinz Clauss stars as Onegin with Marcia Haydee as Tatiana in a striking Act I pas de deux. The company’s rise in vitality underscores Cranko’s influence and the ballet’s dramatic potential. The Juilliard Institute offers 1971 72 study entry for American vocalists under Maria Callas guidance.
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Metropolitan Opera Company
Lincoln Center
Eugene Onegin
Orchestra
Stuttgart Ballet
John Cranko
Prokofiev
Bizet
Tchaikovsky
Heinz Clauss
Onegin
Marcia Haydee
Tatiana
Frederic Ashton
Anthony Tudor
Haydee
Clauss
America
Maria Callas
Institute of Special Studies
Juilliard School
New York City
Fame After Death for Best Worst Poet McGonagall
A retrospective profile recalls William McGonagall hailed posthumously as Scotland’s best worst poet. The piece notes massive sales abroad, editions sold quickly, and an upcoming 80 000 word biography while pondering how his journalism tied poems to news events and sealed his immortality.
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William McGonagall
Scotland
Iron Curtain
UPI
McGonagall
David Winter and Son
Dundee
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
America
Wiliam Smith
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William Glover
New York
John David
California
Miss Cronyn
Setzuan
Ismene
Antigone
Yul Brynner
Sprout
Roc
Jean Cocteau
Dublin
London
Michael Douglas
Kirk
George Tabari
Pinkville
Zero Mastel
Josh
Boston
Warren Lyons
Leonard
John Guare
Lyons
David Merrick
Earl Wilson Jr
Tim
Frohman
Thomas
Third Avenue
Revolutionary Ira
Britain
IRA
Merry
Associated Press
Carmen
Stuttgart
Cranko
Lincoln Center Plaza
cent / Fine arts
By Robert Musel
Dead McGonagall
Anon
Westminster Abbey
Chaucer
Kipling
Browning
Tennyson
George Gilfillan
Kinnaird Hall
Garibaldi
MacDuff
City of
Edinburgh
David Winter
Times Literary Supplement
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