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...show business you can hardly take time out to get married," says Shirley Jones. The 22-year-old actress who starred in the movie versions of Oklahoma! and Carousel is now in Cambridge rehearsing for next week's production of The Beggar's Opera...
...When The Beggar's Opera ends its run, the new Mrs. Cassidy will have exactly two days to get down to Dallas, Texas, and begin rehearsals there for a production of Showboat. Her husband, meanwhile, will have a week of freedom before reporting for work on Kiss Me Kate in Boston. Shirley and Jack think that they may be able to get together for a while in September before Shirley goes to Hollywood, but they're not at all sure...
...with Jack has even more of a fairy-tale quality. Seems that they met last summer when playing opposite each other in a European version of Oklahoma! and proceeded to tour the Continent with both their on-stage and their real courtship. Judging from that show and from The Beggar's Opera, Shirley claims that both she and Jack perform better when they are cast together...
...Festival open this Thursday evening, July 5, with Shakespeare's "Henry V," staged by the Old Vic director Douglas Seale and featuring Douglas Watson, Felicia Montealegre (Mrs. Leonard Bernstein), and Ian Keith. "Henry" runs through July 21, and on July 25 "The Beggar's Opera" opens, starring Shirley Jones of Rodgers & Hammerstein and Cinemascope fame. The final production of the summer will be Shaw's "Saint Joan," starring the Irish actress Siobhan McKenna, who won great acclaim in the role in Dublin and London a few seasons ago, and who made her American debut on Broadway this past season...
Catherine's Church, Barlach sculpted The Crippled Beggar, face raised as he rests on crutches, feet barely touching the ground, in a gesture that echoes back to the works of Brueghel. Singing Man shows Barlach at his most joyous. The figure, despite the ecclesiastical appearance of his garb, could as well be yodeling as singing God's praise...