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...choruses behind Tamburlaine, enemies foretelling his downfall, counsellors feeding his ego. Once in a while a reader stands out from the faceless crowd--Dean Gitter as Cosroe and Phillip Hecksher as Techelles bring some life to their parts. A few of the 42 parts are also noticeably bad; Richard Backus races through the brief prologue at breakneck speed and Jeremiah Tower seems to feel that Mycetes must be made monotonous in order to show that he is weak. But the lines become so repetitious that the characters for the most part float by unnoticed...
BURKE'S LAW (ABC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). An unidentified tycoon is found murdered. Ann Harding, Dina Merrill and Jim Backus guest star...
Tuesday, August 20 The Dick Powell Show (NBC, 9:30-10-30 p.m.). Anthony Franciosa, Julie London, Jim Backus, Jules Munshin, Cesar Romero and Zsa Zsa Gabor are featured in a melodrama of staggering complexity revolving around a beleaguered nightclub owner...
...first half the Harvard scrum completely dominated the play. The team of Barrow, Backus, and Goldstein over-whelmed the efforts of the College All-Stars, getting handily to the backs...
...Saturday afternoon, Doten, University record holder, tossed the weight 56 feet, 11 inches, good enough for second behind New York A.C.'s Bob Backus. He then whipped off from the Cage for a final at Emerson Hall, arriving at 2:15 to take the exam--in his track sweat suit...