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Banned as "a disorderly person" from participating in Manhattan's St. Patrick's Day parade, Dublin Author Brendan Behan as always had the last and loud est word. Said he, mindful of the fact that the parade authorities included a local judge: "I have a new theory on what happened to the snakes when St. Patrick drove them out of Ireland. They all came to New York and became judges." If asked in a pinch to name the world's most oppressive press photographers, many an actress would settle on the horde that prowls Rome. At Fiumicino...
Twentieth Century (CBS, 6:30-7 p.m.). "Ireland: The Tear and the Smile," the first of a two-program report, with guests ranging from Eamon de Valera to Brendan Behan...
...Laurents' clever but empty Invitation to a March, Clearly the most provocative plays are all imported originals-A Taste of Honey, by Britain's young (19 when she wrote it) Shelagh Delaney; Becket, by France's Jean Anouilh; The Hostage (closed), by Ireland's Brendan Behan...
...before the University opens in the Fall. Reliable sources indicate that the President is considering appointing a group of Assistant Deans and letting them choose their own boss.... On June 10, in time for Commencement, the MTA starts running again.... The University grants honorary degrees to Casey Stengel, Brendan Behan, Francoise Sagan, Everett McKinley Dirksen and Al Capp ... Muscat declares war on Oman. The State Department says it would "view very seriously" any Soviet intervention. Soviet ambassador Menshikov replies, "Who's intervening? Who even cares?" "Provocation," says Castro...
...Hostage. A ramshackle showcase for the hilarious shenanigans, vaudeville stunts, irreverences, tongue-in-cheekiness and occasional profundities of Playwright Brendan Behan...