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Also part of the program, Harold Prince will coach selected students on theatrical productions this weekend...
...Part I of "Bagehot Updated" explained how Harold Wilson attempted to block publication of the diaries kept by Richard Crossman, but lost his case in the courts. In the process, important issues about Cabinet secrecy and freedom of the press were raised, as well as Crossman's theory that "Cabinet government" has been replaced in England by "Prime Ministerial" government. Last week's piece ended with a short account of Wilson's difficulties in holding the Labour Party together and how the Crossman diaries fit into this situation...
Pacific Overtures. A new Stephen Sondheim-Harold Prince musical about Matthew Perry's trip to Japan and its effect on the lives of two Japanese families. At the Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont Street, November 11-29. Performances Monday through Saturday at 8 p.m., with matinees Thursday and Saturday. Previews November...
...special royal commission, appointed last week by Prime Minister Harold Wilson, may help calm the conflict and get the strikers back to work. But it is not likely to produce a quick cure for the problems now plaguing NHS. Only a comprehensive course of financial and administrative therapy is likely to do that, and such a treatment cannot even begin until the government and its opponents agree on a diagnosis of the problem...
...publication of these diaries and before he died had been assured by lawyers that there were no legal obstacles. As his chief literary executor he selected Michael Foot, a fiery figure of the Labour party's left and someone strong enough, Crossman felt, to stand up to Harold Wilson. The Sunday Times of London published two series of excerpts from the diaries before Wilson intervened to quash them. Claiming that he acted on the advice of impartial civil servants, Wilson instructed his attorney-general to seek an injunction against further publication of the diaries...