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So goes Orpheus in the Underworld, Jacques Offenbach's delightful spoof of Greek mythology, presented in English by the New York City Opera Company last week. The stylishly scant scenery (including a tricky, tilted revolving stage) is handsome; the staging is often funny; and the music is as charming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Opera Boffola | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

As he neared graduation in June 1897, J.D.R. Jr. and a roommate decided they wanted to give a dance of their own. At once Mrs. Rockefeller consulted her husband, suggesting that J.D.R. Jr. hold a musicale instead. "If we could have fine music . . . Madame Nordica, if possible. She was born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: The Good Man | 9/24/1956 | See Source »

In McLean, Va. a British teacher evolved a whole new science program for the Potomac School, which is now a regular part of the curriculum. The principal of Delaware's Bridgeville Consolidated School reported that his visiting Scot was "so delightful" that even his kilt was accepted "without gibes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Ambassadors | 8/27/1956 | See Source »

The main difficulty that Watson has, and that several others in the cast share with him, is an inability to conquer Shakespeare's lines and to speak them naturally. The audience in Sanders can always hear Watson and almost always understand him. Through his sincere and intelligent performance, it can...

Author: By Stephen R. Barnett, | Title: Henry V | 7/12/1956 | See Source »

Yet with plays as with people, heredity is not necessarily a hindrance. Ring Round the Moon being of good lineage, and its creators being downright Confucian about respecting the work of their ancestors, last week's offering turned out to be thoroughly delightful.

Author: By Stephen R. Barnett, | Title: Ring Round the Moon | 7/2/1956 | See Source »

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