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...view is to underline the play's presumption that history is made by men, not social forces: he ends many scenes with one or two figures frozen in silhouette. The acting is mostly serviceable, with three happy exceptions: John Heard as Prince Hal is unmistakably regal even in his giddiest antics; Bruce McGill rockets with energy as Hotspur; and John McMartin proves imperiously perfect as King Henry IV but insufficiently charismatic, if cunning, as Falstaff. W.A.H...
Most people who struggle for stardom live in New York or California. Even the giddiest know they have little chance of being discovered in a drugstore in Manhattan, Kans., or a restaurant in Los Angeles, Texas. They scour the trade newspapers for notices of auditions. The more fortunate have union memberships that get them past guarded doors. The rest try to fib their way in or, if less bold, wait for "open calls." Known as "cattle calls," they may be publicity stunts. But for an unknown, they may be the only hope...
...Sunday Times Magazine and more than 100 other newspapers evoke more mail, much of it combative, than his weekday political "Essay." Says Safire: "When people notice I have made an error, their eyes light up." Enamored of puns, literary allusions, grand metaphors and other wordplay, Safire at his giddiest can let his love of sound undermine his efforts to make sense. An example: "Thus one who lobbies expertly for the rights of female derelicts might be called a shopping-bag-lady knifethrower." He is usually most effective when simplest, writing blunt, mock-macho prose. Recounting in January the confession...
...picks the fairest of them (Karena Brock) as his bride. In Balanchine's more sophisticated version, there are no golden apples, and the demon's spirit is not hiding in a big egg. It is refreshing to see the trappings of the fairy tales on display. The ballet's giddiest sequence is a brief game of apple catch, played with indolent good humor by the supposedly imprisoned girls...
Eeyore & Elephant. The newlyweds, weary but radiant, winged off for a two-week (or better) honeymoon; giddiest guesses ranged from Caneel Bay to the "Garden Island" of Kauai in the Hawaiian archipelago, one of Lynda's favorite vacation spots (she has been there thrice). When they return, they will take up residence in a shrubbery-wreathed, $70,000 home near the White House, until Chuck departs in March for what he courageously hopes will be a combat post in Viet Nam. Meanwhile, they can catalogue their copious supply of wedding gifts, including a $6,770 silver tea and coffee...