Word: ado
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...history, the leading lady was an American: blonde, Syracuse-born Claire Luce.† The choice was a deliberate one, by way of saying thank you for U.S. support of last year's Festival, with its record-breaking attendance of 230,000. Besides playing Beatrice in the opening Much Ado About Nothing, Actress Luce will appear in Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer, play Cleopatra in the birthday performance (April 23) of Antony & Cleopatra...
...tradition here, the Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society have announced their forthcoming production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe." The operetta will be presented in Agassiz Hall, Radcliffe, on the evenings of May 17, 18, and 19, just one week before the Dramatic Club's presentation of "Much Ado About Nothing...
...good earth of our country with "Oklahoma." After several seasons when nearly every major offering has glorified the American ideal, it is more escapist and quite refreshing to look at a handsome musical of the best pre-war vintage set far from the North American continent. "Much Ado About Love" takes a fling in Renaissance Italy with a sparkling score, and the very English Melville Cooper to give an Ernest Truex air of sophistication...
...anything, "Much Ado About Love" is certainly a professional job.' Probably the only main flaw is that there is so much lush looking that it occasionally becomes a little overwhelming. With out the lightening touches of Mr. Cooper's bumbling tally-ho manner--so competent and sure that it is a pure joy--and the bright verve of Weill's songs--"Sing Me Not a Ballad" or "You're Far Too Near Me"--"Much Ado About Love" could very easily seem over-stuffed. Opening night there was far too much material, but there was enough expert stagecraft to notice that...
Over at beautiful Appleton Chapel, John made the vows without much ado. Best wishes to another wise member from all the outsiders. Mr. Werhave, however, reports that the room is about 200 per cent quieter since the event. Best man Jim Rafferty has the answer to that one. But we're wondering why seemingly wild and independent Company 4 leads in number of marriages. (We realize that at the rate things happen around here this may be contested tomorrow afternoon...