Word: farleyism
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...third year as the most ambitious, most professional of the off-Broadway houses. While not rich, it has both means and know-how. Among its angels are Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lindsay & Grouse, Elia Kazan; among its actors have been Montgomery Clift, Nancy Walker, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Farley Granger, Maureen Stapleton; among its directors, John Houseman, Sidney Lumet, Tyrone Guthrie...
...Producers Showcase presented Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, with Sir Cedric Hardwicke as the ennuied Caesar and Claire Bloom as a kittenish Cleopatra with the claws of a full-grown tiger. Even the supporting roles were graced by top-notchers-Judith Anderson, Cyril Ritchard, Jack Hawkins and Farley Granger. For producer, NBC turned to Anthony Quayle. who had just starred in Marlowe's Tamburlaine on Broadway. Though compressed into 90 minutes, the Shavian comedy kept the refreshing crackle of ideas crisply delivered (the central theme: in 20 centuries man has made no progress save in mechanical ingenuity...
Producer's Showcase (Mon. 8 p.m., NBC). Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, with Claire Bloom, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Jack Hawkins, Judith Anderson, Cyril Ritchard, Farley Granger...
...Bailey Plan, 14 members of the Visiting Committee accused the University of disregarding the Arboretum's interests and planning to break faith with its donors. Independently, they hired counsel to give an opinion as to whether a legal breach of trust was involved. In September, 1950, John Wells Farley '99, the lawyer for the group, found that transferring the books and specimens to Cambridge would constitute a breach of the University's public trust...
...special birthday Mass (he turned 41 last week) at St. Patrick's Cathedral, breakfasted with Francis Cardinal Spellman, got showered with ticker tape on lower Broadway, received honorary degrees from Columbia and Fordham, hustled through a round of conferences with such U.S. notables as Ralph Bunche, James A. Farley and United Fruit President Kenneth Redmond. At week's end the visitors were off on a U.S. tour that would include a friendly talk with Ike in Denver and the Vanderbilt-Tulane football game in New Orleans...