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Long, long ago the Truth was found, A company of men it bound. Grasp firmly then-that ancient Truth...
...startled England with a perform ance of Mobile for Tape and Percussion, identified as the work of young, avant-garde Polish Composer Piotr Zak (TIME, Aug. n). Composer Zak's cacophonous creation lasted twelve minutes and left the London Times complaining desperately: "It was certainly difficult to grasp more than the music's broad outlines, partly be cause of the high proportion of unpitched sounds and partly because of their extreme diversity." Zak's Mobile proved to be the handi work of two pranksters who banged away haphazardly at "all the instruments we could find...
...Viet Minh armies had the military capability to crush the French completely and take over the whole of Vietnam, North and South. After the fall of Dien Bien Phu, there was little doubt the Viet Minh had complete and unconditional victory within its grasp. The French would have to accept whatever terms the Viet Minh decided to offer. But at the Geneva truce negotiations the Viet Minh delegation made concessions to France and the West that were surprisingly great, considering their advantageous military position. Although the Viet Minh had originally demanded the 11th parallel as provisional dividing line between...
...this time Diem's grasp on South Vietnam was strong, largely due to American military aid and political support. And now, although constantly threatened by Communist guerilla tactics and occasionally by non-Communist insurgents, Diem's regime continues its autocratic control...
Nick Delbanco, in what I believe is his first work as director, moved his actors around the stage very badly, but displayed a coherent understanding of the play. His intelligent grasp of this difficult play makes it a prodution well worth seeing...