Word: greek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ELIOT: THE FAMILY REUNION (3 LPs; Caedmon). Static and awkward to stage with its philosophic asides and Greek choruses, this poetic play is ideal for recording. One of Eliot's last undertakings was to help choose the excellent cast, which perfectly weaves the shadowy modern drama of sin and expiation. Dame Sybil Thorndike is Amy, the steely dowager who has spent 35 years "designing" her son's life. Paul Scofield plays Harry, the restless, half-mad son who bursts asunder the conventional family gathering, and Flora Robson is Agatha, the all-knowing aunt ("When the loop in time...
Married. Anthony Quinn, 50, Hollywood's exuberant Zorba the Greek; and Iolanda Addolori, 31, former Italian fashion designer and mother of two of his six children; he for the second time; in Beverly Hills, Calif...
...third Ford marriage in less than a year. Last February, Anne's father Henry, having been divorced by Anne McDonnell Ford, married Christina Austin, a handsome Italian divorcee. Then three weeks ago, Sister Charlotte, 24, slipped off to Juarez, Mexico, to marry thrice-divorced Greek Shipping King Stavros Niarchos, 56. Some friends wondered if Anne would perhaps delay her own wedding plans. But the date had been fixed, and she and Gianni (pronounced Johnny) wanted to keep it. Though both are Roman Catholics, they had decided in November that they would not wait for Vatican action on Johnny...
...sustained barrage on the senses. A sound track assaults the ear with insinuation ranging from the wail of a solitary violin to the menacing timpani of wooden spoons. Eerie moans and whimpers fill the air like the cries of lost souls, recorded in limbo. A clownishly decked-out Greek chorus of whores and fools breaks into gritty tunes and cynical ditties on the age's corruption that evoke Brecht and Weill...
...almost worth seeing just for some of the fine acting in it. Lucy Martin plays a believably inspired Barbara with clarity and humor, but most of all with sincere devotion to her work in the Salvation Army. Edward Zang plays an Adolphus Cusins actively in love with both Greek and Barbara, and as the scholar-lover he possesses a fine sense of Shavian wit. Terrence Currier as Snobby Price, the hypocritically reformed worker, and Lawrence Pressman as Bill Walker, the unreformed bully, skillfully carry their roles as far as their director will let them. Surrounded by these fine performers, Joan...