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Chicago Theater of the Air (Sat. 10 p.m., Mutual). The Mikado...
...suspended between the old, which is no longer considered right, and the new, which they do not yet understand. One day last week, Emperor Hirohito celebrated his 48th birthday. Between morning and nightfall, nearly 400,000 Japanese filed into the palace gardens to pay their respects to the Mikado. Since the Emperor has formally ceased to be a god and has begun to move freely about his realm, he has become even more popular with his people than in the old days. His subjects seem to prefer his humanity to his divinity; at baseball games (he recently attended his first...
These decisions-and similar ones involving, at one time or another, Shakespeare's King Lear, Wilde's Salome and Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado-were taken for British playgoers by the Lord Chamberlain who, along with such ancient duties as escorting the king to & from the royal carriage, has acted as Britain's theatrical censor since 1737. Last week the House of Commons debated a bill to end the censor's long engagement...
...mentioned first. Anyone who has been in Cambridge for more than a year does not need to read praise of his magnificent voice. This was, however, the first time I had seen him act (pose in this case in probably a better word), and D'Oyly Carte's Mikado never excelled him in evil expression. Handel's bass arias are distinguished for the acrobatics they demand. Tibbetts showed his complete competence, however, and some breath control that I haven't heard surpassed...
...quiet, undazzled group, the Boston movie-houses offer a number of acceptable shows. The D'Oyly Carte group has a technicolor version of "The Mikado" that does as well as a movie on Gilbert and Sullivan. Laurence Oliver's "Hamlet" is something not to be missed; seats are reserved, and must be arranged for beforehand. "Sorry, Wrong Number" features a hypochondriac Barbara Stanwyck and various unsavory additions of the great original radio play...