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...directing the play, Morris Carnovsky has played up the broad comedy in Zweig's dialogue. Many gestures underline the characters' faults; for instance, "the dove" Colomba, a hypocritically pious and hypocritically faithful wife affectionately twirls her husband's hair into horns while avowing her undying love. Even the blocking is significant. In an opening scene, Mosca lies at his master's feet while they both drink a toast to Volpone; in the final scene, "the fox" grovels before Mosca...
...second half, Princeton presented Walter Piston's "Carnival Song," which was barely audible over my neighbor's yawns. Not until they resorted to English folksongs about girls and drinking did Princeton find its own level. They sang "The Turtle Dove" and "Swansea Town" spiritedly and winningly. Princeton's only real threat came in the third quarter with a hilarious Lehreresque parody of football cheers, Harvard style. But then they sang that silly song about the tiger that goes wowwww...
...next play, Jim Grace dove into the end zone, and Graham passed to Eagan for two points...
When Jackie's party joined up with another group of invited guests, the Dove was soon flying high. The dancing began to Cole Porter records, but that was not what the gang had come for. "The fastest music you've got," ordered Jackie. She shed her sleeveless ermine jacket to reveal a glistening white crepe sheath, did the frug with John Barry Ryan III, the Watusi with Dance Instructor Killer Joe Piro. "All my nieces and nephews do these dances so well," she said. "I'd like to do them well too." Said Killer Joe later...
...sort of party the Kennedys have become famous for: exclusive but not so exclusive that the public couldn't get a peek.* Outside the Dove, midnight strollers stopped and gawked through the windows until Secret Service men had to line up in a barricade to keep the celebrity watchers at bay. By 1:45 a.m., there was a buffet-smoked salmon, paté de foie gras, French pastries, goulash and spaghetti. Then everyone went back to dancing and drinking. Jackie left by 2:45, but the party swirled on until...