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Faberge's famed intricate Easter eggs, which Russia's Czar Nicholas II used to present to his czarina. A 3-in.-long golden magician box asked questions at the press of a button, answered them to music. Q. "What lasts for too short a time?" A. "Love." The last time such a collection went on the block, so had the head of its owner, Louis XVI of France...
...mere monologist or diseuse; she describes herself as a character actress. In any case, she is with every slightest word, gesture and accent the character she is portraying. And with amazing, quick changes, she can be a featherbrained society woman, a bewildered immigrant, a spare, porch-sitting down-easter, a whole international procession of visitors to an Italian church...
...script, Sherwood conceded that "TV is far and away the most difficult medium to write for, because of the terrific precision of the timing." Sherwood's second play, scheduled for February, is still untitled but "is full of slapstick and pratfalls." The third, to appear at Easter, will be a serious drama with a Biblical theme, called The Trial of Pontius Pilate. Says Sherwood: "I thought the first ones should be comedies. I wanted to sort of ease into television...
Nock is, for example, a devout member of the Church of England and he startles his History of Religion 101b course each spring by edging to the door at the end of the last class before Easter. Just the the bell rings, he explodes, "I want you to know that I hold each and every one of you personally responsible for the death of our Saviour, Jesus Christ." Waving his umbrella a few times, Nock disappears out the door...
...playing her game, Shirley was also practicing the two rules that still guide her career: 1) "Actors should be overheard, not listened to," and 2) "The audience is 50% of the performance." Shirley Booth without an audience is as improbable as an Easter Parade without hats. She prefers to do her stuff before rapt thousands, but will give just as intense a performance for an audience of one. Her first husband, Radio Comedian Ed Gardner, says that Shirley is always acting, on stage and off: "She sincerely believes in her self-cast roles. One day she would be a grande...