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...direction failed to take to heart Debussy's insistence that an improper gesture would mar a scene; the actors' gestures were perilously close to woodenness, which is at odds with the demands of the text. The quality of the singing was thoroughly satisfying. Roger Lucas as Pelleas and Barbara Hocher as Melisande were the weakest; Ben Lyon as Golaud was very fine in an extremely taxing role, but Mark Pearson as Arkel was the finest singer of the evening. Cheryl Bibbs as Yniold effectively delivered the crucial line "I must go and tell something to someone," and Jan Curtis...

Author: By Chris Rochester, | Title: Pelleas et Melisande | 2/8/1969 | See Source »

...dime days), for a net of $43,496,000. It expects to do just about as well in 1949. Many of its sales still come from small items: last year the company sold 26 million hairnets, 31 million combs, 100 million pounds of candy. And Store Manager Herbert H. Hocher assured Houstonians that price-conscious Woolworth's has not entirely abandoned the small-change standard. Said he: "We still have a nickel cup of coffee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eight-Million-Dollar Baby | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

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