Word: 16th
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stunning achievements of 16th-century drama, Shakespeare's Richard II is nevertheless seldom performed. The reason is simple: it is deucedly difficult to do well. I commend the American Shakespeare Festival for courageously choosing the work to open its eighth Stratford season. The result, though certainly not definitive, is to a large degree successful...
Cabeza de Vaca (CBS, 10-11 a.m.). World premiere of the last work of the late U.S. composer, George Antheil. Based on the travels of the 16th century Spanish explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, the performance is by the CBS Symphony Orchestra and the Amor Artis chorus...
...Billie Sol's 16th District Congressman, Democrat J. T. Rutherford, admitted getting money from Estes. He had searched his records, he said, and was so surprised that "I could have dropped my teeth" to find that Billie Sol had given him a $1,500 "campaign contribution" last...
Erika Spivakovsky will study 16th century Spanish history; Virginia C. Watkin, a lawyer, will analyze the systems of taxation currently in use in various Latin American countries; Jean Huleatt Wheeler will specialize in political science, and charity Willard will study medieval European literature...
...church has already canonized on Negro, St. Benedict the Moor, a 16th century Franciscan whose parents were slaves from Africa; he was declared a saint...