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...measure of charm to the role of Lady Jane that one almost does not notice Gilbert's celebrated libel on old womandom. In this she is aided by composer Sullivan, who manages a special, though for him certainly not unique, lyricism when she performs. Sharon Dennis, Carolyn Firth, and Juliet Cunningham are all excellent as Rapturous Maidens, displaying a sense of ensemble which has thus far eluded a good many professional companies. The officers of the dragoon guards likewise observe each other on stage. Theirs is the comedy of loud plainmindedness, of just enough mugging at just the right pace...
...KNOTTS SPECIAL (CBS, 8-9 p.m.). Only yesterday Don Knotts was a 98-lb. weakling. Today he's star of his own musical-comedy show featuring Andy Griffith, Juliet Prowse and Roger Williams...
...Scala's novelty for this tour was Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi, a bel canto relic that the company recently revived after a century of relative neglect. A retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story that owes little to Shakespeare, Capuleti, with Bellini's intimate scale, pervading sweetness and utter predictability, is a distinct contrast to Verdi's powerful, primitive themes and vaulting imagination. But the company -notably the two leads, Tenor Giacomo Aragall and Soprano Renata Scotto-traded the flawed gusto of its Trovatore and Nabucco performances for restraint and quiet artistry, making...
BELL TELEPHONE HOUR (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). In "The Many Faces of Romeo and Juliet," four pairs of stars from four performing arts interpret the famous balcony scene: Jason Robards and Claire Bloom (theater), Sandor Konya and Anna Moffo (opera), Erik Bruhn and Carla Fracci (ballet), Larry Kert and Carol Lawrence (American musical theater...
Britain's balletomanes were aghast at the news from Covent Garden. Rudolf Nureyev's partner in two productions of Romeo and Juliet this October will not be Dame Margot Fonteyn, 48, his matchless partner of the past five years, but a comparatively dewy Covent Garden ballerina from Rhodesia, Merle Park, 29. Could it be that the most brilliant team in modern ballet will be unhitched at last? "A big lie!" stormed Rudi. He and Dame Margot have occasionally danced with others in the past as schedules demanded. As Covent Gar den sped forward with reassurances that Rudi...