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...25th anniversary in its ornate opera house, it was clearly nobody's annex. In some ways San Francisco is now the finest opera company in the U.S., often on a par with the Met in quality (if not in size), and consistently ahead of the Met in dash and daring...
...downright dull, speaking in a disagreeable adolescent voice that fits Anne Frank perfectly, but adds little brightness to Anouilh. Fortunately, there are some extremely amusing supporting actors. Glenn Anders is ideal as the glorious Lord Hector, and Sig Arno serves his role as a timeless headwaiter with a skillful dash of farce...
...India, productions of Kathakali cause audiences to curse the bad guys (red-bearded) and cheer the good guys (green-faced). Broadway audiences were less demonstrative but found that the blood-and-wonder spectacle had color, dash, the spice of novelty and the charm of skillfully stylized performances...
...upsets. But even before the kickoff in Pitt Stadium, Pitt knew better. Sportswriters watched Oklahoma at practice, raced to their typewriters and passed the word. Wrote the Sun-Telegraph's George Kiseda: "The Sooners ran through everything as though they were qualifying for the Olympic 100-meter-dash final. On straight-T pitchouts, their quarterbacks did not just flip the ball to loping halfbacks as ordinary mortals do. Rather, they fired high-speed guided missiles at halfbacks who all seemed to resemble Bobby Morrow...
Alternating four powerful teams, any one of which seemed capable of handling Pitt, Oklahoma's Coach Bud Wilkinson saw his boys roll for 310 yds. on the ground, connect for three touchdown passes and top off the scoring with a 13-yd. touchdown dash by Right Half Clendon Thomas. "We have a heck of a lot of polishing to do," said modest Oklahoma Co-Captain Don Stiller, just as if he had not noticed the final 26-0 score. The remark made almost as much sense as Coach Wilkinson's pre-game prediction: "Frankly...