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...Likely to Win. "Rock Bros." is a blend of the Rockefellers' own brand of business acumen and Baptist ethics. Born to be rich, but bred to be philanthropists, the sons & daughter of John D. Rockefeller Jr.-John D. III, 42; Nelson, 40; Laurance, 38; Winthrop, 36; David, 33; and Mrs. Irving Pardee, 45-worry over where their money will do the greatest good, and still bring a reasonable return...
...Rhine. The De Wendels have been among Europe's armorers for centuries. Their home is Lorraine, a land perennially contested by France and Germany. One of the early members of the family was Johann Georg von Wendel, a colonel in the armies of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III (1608-57). His son Christian changed his name to De Wendel. The De Wendels always had enough Von Wendels on the other side of the Rhine to keep their properties in the family. Christian de Wendel's grandson, Ignace, forged arms for both sides during the French Revolution. Ignace...
Married. Herbert Hoover III, 21, Menlo Junior College (Calif.) student, grandson of the 31st President of the U.S., son of Geophysicist Herbert Jr.; and Meredith McGilvray, 21, a childhood sweetheart, now a Stanford University Coed; in Virginia City...
Three members of the HTW are also in the cast, which brings to mind a comparison between this production and those of the Theater Workshop. Only spasmodically during the evening did "Richard III" show the imagination and artistry that ran throughout the last four HTW shows. Most of all, the actors at the Copley do not have much "feel" for what little poetry is given them to work with, a fault they share with the majority of Broadway actors, however...
...recommending "Richard III" it is primarily because it is rarely presented, because the acting and staging of this production is generally superior, and because no matter how you look at it, the Copley Players are offering the best bargain in the professional theater hereabouts...