Word: auguste
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...August 1948, Stalin's heir apparent, the tough and flamboyant Andrei Zhdanov, died at 52 of what his doctors called "paralysis of the heart." The old tyrant gave Zhdanov the most pompous funeral since Lenin's, and walked behind the caisson with tears in his eyes. As boss of Leningrad before and during World War II, Zhdanov had placed a clique of up-and-coming young administrators in crucial posts. Scarcely had his body been lowered into a grave at the foot of the Kremlin wall when his chief rival, pudgy Georgy Malenkov, joined with Secret Police Boss...
...Jose State College and lit out for New York and (she hoped) Europe before settling for a teaching career. In Manhattan her money dribbled away. To pay the rent Pat was willing to try anything, landed a walk-on spot in the road company of Teahouse of the August Moon. Cast members heard her after-hours warbling, urged her to go professional. She memorized The Rodgers and Hart Song Book, was signed by the Colony at first hearing...
Strasberg was introduced by William B. Van Lennep, Curator of the Harvard Theatre Collection. The renowned director Tyrone Guthrie will give the second lecture in this series on August 1. The final talk will be presented by playwright Denis Johnston, professor of English at Mount Holyoke College, on August...
Tyrone Guthrie, director of the Old Vic and the Royal Ballet, will speak on August 1, on "The Director in the Theatre." A Summer School professor, Denis Johnston, professor of English at Mount Holyake College during the year, will discuss the playwright, one week later, on August...
...Summer School Chorus of 100 members will give its annual concert on August 13 in Sanders Theatre; he continued; and included in the program this year will be Randall Thompson's "Ode to the Virginian Voyage...