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When the sad news about the Argylls became known, angry Scots immediately announced a drive to save the historic regiment, and one of the first men to sign their petition was the Duke of Argyll, Sir Ian Douglas Campbell, a descendant of the unit's traditional officer clan. But unless Whitehall recants-and it seldom does-the Argylls played their swan song as they piped themselves out of Aden...
Stefan Gierasch brings warmth to the Duke of York, but swallows some of his words. Richard Mathews' Mowbray sputters and lacks resonance, and Rex Robbins' Northumberland is colorless throughout. Thomas Ruisinger makes an admirably intense Bishop of Carlisle, but he ought to know that the meter requires that "Hereford" be disyllabic, not trisyllabic. Of the women--who are peripheral in this play--Zoe Kamitses' Duchess of Gloucester remains in the memory for her one powerful scene in the first act. John Duffy's fanfares and Jennifer Tipton's lighting serve the play capably...
...from Bombay, where he had been hunting tigers, and will shortly return to his real job of collecting wild animals in Kenya. Dr. Matthew T. Mellon, a retired art-history professor who, at 71, is the eldest male in the U.S. branch of the family, stayed with the Duke of Abercorn - which is more than his grandparents ever did. Dr. Mellon has not been in Pittsburgh for years; he has houses in Jamaica, Kitzbuhel and Manhattan...
STRATFORD FESTIVAL, Stratford, Ont., Canada. On July 7, Duke Ellington performs sacred music; on Aug. 25, New York Pro Musica performs Spanish court music...
...DUKE UNIVERSITY