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Died. Albert Dekker, 62, seasoned character actor who appeared in more than 25 films (Two Years Before the Mast; Suddenly, Last Summer) and numerous Broadway plays (Death of a Salesman, A Man for All Seasons); by accidental strangulation; in Hollywood. An outspoken and intensely serious professional, Dekker once labeled the stage "a horrible place in which to make a living," yet continued to excel as the craggy, dark-voiced heavy whose villainy always seemed convincingly human...
MINNESOTA THEATER COMPANY, Minneapolis, Minn. Shoemakers' Holiday, by Thomas Dekker, Anouilh's farce, Thieves' Carnival, and a new play, Harpers Ferry, by Barrie Stavis will be in repertory at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater until Oct. 27. The House of Atreus, adapted by John Lewin from Aeschylus' Oresteia, will be added to the playbill on July 21; Friedrich Duerrenmatt's The Visit debuts on Sept...
KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATRE (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Sal Mineo, Jo Van Fleet and Albert Dekker in a drama about a deaf-mute apprentice cabinetmaker who is framed for the murder of his boss...
Charles W. Hayford '63, president of the HDC and frequent visitor of the CRIMSON building, has just wandered in with the information that Kirkland House is considering a production of Dekker's Shoemaker's Holiday...
...adequate or better. Miss Holly, in a pivotal part as Poole's Negro secretary, is often ludicrous in her intensity. But Lemmon is a success in his first big serious role; if he learns to vary his expression and tone of voice, he will be superb. As the sheriff, Dekker is magnificent, the dominant figure every time he is on stage...