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...Juliet (Mezzo-Soprano Rosalind Elias, Tenor Cesare Va-letti, Bass Giorgio Tozzi; the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Munch; RCA Victor, 2 LPs). Berlioz' "symphony with chorus" is given a soaring, beautifully proportioned reading by Munch, and all three soloists contribute performances that are almost without flaw. As satisfactory a performance as the work is likely to find...
...though not unilateral) disarmament, spoke out vehemently in the House of Lords against the bill to slow nonwhite immigration from other Commonwealth countries. Last week the church proposed the establishment of a National Council of Alcoholism-predicated on the recognition that alcoholism is a disease rather than a moral flaw. In the continuing English debate on laws concerning prostitution, homosexuality and adultery, Ramsey holds that "morality is not best promoted by giving criminal status to every kind of grievous...
What is best about the essays is not Writer Hardwick's critical conclusions, which tend to be prudent rather than profound, but her rare talent for skewering a flaw or evoking a literary presence in a single, ringing epigram. Items...
...only flaw in the Bennett legend is that he did not get the mausoleum he wanted. This was to be a statue, 200 feet high, in the shape of an owl (Bennett liked owls). It was to be far grander than Grant's tomb on Riverside Drive (Bennett did not like Grant). But Architect Stanford White, who was supposed to design the bird, got himself shot by Harry Thaw. Bennett lost interest, and Manhattan lost...
...unfortunate weakness in experimental drama is the same flaw present in non-objective art - anyone can try his hand at it. It is too bad that we can not legislate on the arts and make it an offense for anyone but an established writer or painter to play with the experimental forms; as it is, we have chimpanzees riding tricycles over paint-smeared canvasses, and, alas, we have Ellis Andrews writing off-Broadway plays for the Cohasset Music Circus. The results are comparable in quality...