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...Nabokov...
BEFORE they went to Switzerland to interview Novelist Vladimir Nabokov for this week's cover, Contributing Editor Ron Sheppard and Reporter Martha Duffy cabled a list of 21 questions, for which the novelist promised to supply written answers when they arrived. He got an early start on his work. The night clerk at his hotel awakened him at one o'clock in the morning with the peremptory announcement: "Le Telex marche encore...
INVITATION TO A BEHEADING. As a play Russell McGrath's adaptation of the Vladimir Nabokov novel is less than successful, but Ming Cho Lee's set is elegant, Gerald Freedman's direction is deft, and the acting is high-styled and full of flair...
INVITATION TO A BEHEADING, as adapted by Russell McGrath from the Vladimir Nabokov novel, is not much of a play-the characters are unreal, the tension is nonexistent, and the humor is heavy. However, Joseph Papp's Public Theater production is an elegant example of inventive staging, costuming and ensemble playing that all but makes up for the script...
INVITATION TO A BEHEADING, as adapted by Russell McGrath from the Vladimir Nabokov novel, is not much of a play-the characters are unreal, the tension is nonexistent, and the humor is heavy. But Joseph Papp's Public Theater production is an elegant example of inventive staging, costuming and ensemble playing that all but makes up for the script...