Word: dame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME...
...Died. Dame Margaret Rutherford, 80, dotty, indomitable English matron of stage and screen for nearly four decades; of pneumonia; in Buckinghamshire, England. Rutherford was past 40 by the time she graduated from bit parts in the provinces to stage roles in London's West End. Despite her late start, she appeared in more than 100 major plays and 35 films, and her role in The V.I.P.s earned her a 1964 Academy Award...
...disappointment of these new ballets is somewhat redeemed by such familiar delights as Dame Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev in Romeo and Juliet. But generally the work of the company betrays a certain unease. It may be that MacMillan and his dancers have not yet struck the right working relationship. If so, MacMillan did not improve matters by staying in London, leaving esprit, not to mention foot work, to others...
Darcy Pullam's Dame Carruthers has a comic flair, and a certain verisimilitude as an old hag. Edith Marshall is a credible nymphet as Phoebe. Danius Turek as Colonel Fairfax, the hero of the piece, performs rather well, and sings beautifully. The scenery, by Randall Darwall, is by far the most original G & S has used in years, centered around a stylized, oversized scaffold which takes most of the action...
...Hunchback of Notre Dame with Charles Laughton. 8, April 21. Chan...