Word: cavendish
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Whites v. Whites. The extremist white settlers, led by Sir Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck, suffered a sharp defeat. In the all-white primaries for the ten seats reserved for whites, Cavendish-Bentinck's candidates swamped the moderate backers of Kenya Farmer Michael Blundell, who had sided with the British in advocating cooperation between the black majority (6,000,000) and Kenya's white minority (65,000). Blundell's fellow whites in the rich Rift Valley bombarded him with eggs and tomatoes at village rallies and hanged him in effigy. But in the general election, blacks were voting...
Died. Evelyn Emily Mary Fitzmaurice Cavendish, 89, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, mother-in-law of British Prime Minister Macmillan, and grandmother-in-law of the late Marchioness of Hartington, who was Kathleen Kennedy, sister of Senator John Kennedy; in London...
Working with a cast of varied ability, director Balch has staged a lively, amusing production, utilizing the arena stage with ease. Frederick Blais, as Oscar Wolfe, the devoted manager of the Cavendish clan, is just about perfect. Sporting an hillarious Viennese accent, impressive gestures, and clean decisive movement, he turns in the most polished performance I have seen at Tufts this season...
Helen Kelly is also quite pleasing as Julia Cavendish. Though she frequently underplays where she should be more commanding as a first lady of the theatre, she has a wonderful way with a sarcastic line, and her second act is particularly good...
Donald Cerulli and Rennie Brown are properly pompous and gossipy as family hangers-on and Linda Avitabile, though less successful as Fanny Cavendish, has her moments. Alvin Cohen is evidence that a good actor will make something thorough even out of a non-speaking bit part...