Word: kiley
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This takes inconceivable effort, since making Shaw dull is rather like making sex dull. Shaw's words sing; this cast singsongs, and a woodpecker on a hollow log would have produced a more tuneful score. Richard Kiley's Caesar has faint, weary traces of Shaw's philosopher-king, but Leslie Uggams is a drowned kitten of the Nile without a hint of incipient regality...
...FIRST ROMAN, based on Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra. With Richard Kiley and Leslie Uggams...
Benthall, the director, has made fine use of the surroundings provided him, and can be criticized only for not yet having coaxed any really sparkling performances from his excellent cast. Richard Kiley as Caesar and Bruce MacKay as Rufio are the best of a dry, consistent lot; the most notable object of disappointment is Leslie Uggams, who failed to convince me she can sing. Claudia McNeil, sadly, has little...
...DANNY THOMAS HOUR (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). Bradford Dillman as the head of a small-time numbers racket talks Richard (Man of La Mancha) Kiley into becoming a bagman for his illegal operation in "Measure...
...CAROL BURNETT SHOW (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Diahann Carrol, Richard Kiley and the Smothers Brothers are guests...