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...confined to menial jobs in the first place. In its decision, the court majority found that the dual system, for all its faults, did not "have its genesis in racial discrimination," nor did it penalize blacks or other minorities more than it did whites who started on the loading dock...
Spoleto U.S.A. is devoted to all the arts. Simon Gray's new play Molly was the attraction at the restored Dock Street Theater (see following story). Noon at the Dock Street was the hour for a daily series of chamber music programs under the co-directorship of Pianists Peter Serkin and Charles Wadsworth. The first recital consisted of works by Pergolesi, Schubert and Dvorak, and the capacity audience of 463 rose to its feet, applauding...
...little gem of a theater that houses Molly would be worth a review in itself. The Dock Street Theater opened in 1736 and is said to be the oldest professional theater in the U.S. The present playhouse represents a 1937 restoration that resembles a religious meetinghouse fashioned with seasoned, dark-hued wood and seats that resemble church pews. For Simon Gray and Charleston's Spoleto Festival, the old house represents fresh beginnings and new horizons...
...whole thing seems like a scene out of the theater of the absurd. Crews trickle into the oathouse and silently--who has anything to say at 6 a.m.--stir a shell from its sleep, lug it to the edge of the dock and drop it into the river...
...witness box and carefully asked a question. Then he darted to the witness chair, buttoned his jacket and waited for spectator giggles to subside before answering. Rushing back to the table, the man inquired of himself, "Where were you on the night in question?" After scurrying back to the dock, he replied, "Could you please repeat the question?" Unamused, the jury convicted him after deliberating all of two minutes...