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...great many people have been expecting a great deal from the John Eyre production of King Lear. The finished product is a fine one, but it may not meet all expectations...
...born Louise (hence, from a childish lisp. Ouida) Rame, in Bury St. Edmunds. Her father, a mysterious Frenchman, may or may not have been a spy for Louis Napoleon. As she grew up, she displayed a tough mind and an absurd imagination-something between Racine and Edward Lear, says Biographer Stirling. When she insisted on behaving like her own fictional characters (e.g., flinging an ivory cigar case from her opera box at the feet of an Italian tenor), it became clear that England was not for her nor she for England...
...Line?, The Last Word, and six memorable sessions of the Jack Paar Show. Last week, in his second Omnibus show, he won hosannas for directing and starring in a televersion of his own satiric tragedy, Moment of Truth, playing a Petain-like elder statesman with overtones of King Lear...
Other-Directed Moppets. In a field that is paced by Daniel Defoe and the brothers Grimm. Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, J. M. Barrie and Louisa May Alcott, Kenneth Grahame and Beatrix Cotter, how good is the current output? In a sense, each generation reveals itself by what it finds in its children's books. Said...
...Neill play is expected to run for two weeks, with five performances each week. If necessary, the group will rent equipment from other undergraduate dramatic groups. Hal Scott '57, Jo Linch '56, and Moira Wylie '60, will star in the presentation of "Lear" in which Bryant Haliday '49 and other professionals may also appear. Eyre has not decided which theater will be used for the production...