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...Then they turned to the subject matter that early French impressionism grew fat upon: landscapes populated by rocks and sheep, woodsmen warming in a shack, wheat harvests, the faces of peasants-all done in the subdued tonalities of their dulcet quattrocento ancestors, Fra Angelico, Domenico Veneziano and Piero della Francesca. This week in Manhattan, a show of 92 works goes on view at the American Federation of Arts Gallery; to many viewers, it will be a pleasant new-found island (see color) in the apparently empty seas of Italian art between the baroque period of the late 18th century...
...Francesca Yetunde Pereira (Nigeria...
...question in the Hilton chain is who will take Hilton's place once he-steps down. The betting is that it will not be any of his sons (all of whom are by his first marriage; he and Zsa Zsa have a daughter, Francesca, 16). His eldest son, Nickie, 37, has settled down after his playboy days as Elizabeth Taylor's first husband, is now a hard-working vice president in charge of Hilton Inns; but Nick, in the eyes of many, lacks the ambition and imagination to succeed his father. Barren Hilton, 35, -also a vice president...
...three actors have chosen to interpret their parts as grimly as possible. Mark Bramhall is appropriately bitter and cynical as Giovanni, but his interpretation leaves out the third dimension of grotesque humor the character should have. Elise Sweet (Francesca) and Joel Martin (Paolo) perform competently; Miss Sweet especially brings fierce intensity to her role...
Mayer assumes, mistakenly, that his audience will be familiar with the story of Francesca and Paolo, and will be prepared to concentrate on his verse without having to worry about following the plot. Since the play is quite comprehensible and interesting as poetry if one knows the story it uses as a jumping-off point, the audience should have been provided with mimeographed synopocs. (This will probably be done tonight...