Word: neva
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Philco TV Playhouse (Sun. 9 p.m., NBC). Confession, with John Ireland and Neva Patterson...
...that his brother Hugo lacks, is in love with a beautiful young heiress, but the heiress loves Hugo. Hugo brings a poor young ballerina to a ball to distract his twin from the heiress, and her presence there gives the plot much of the flavor of Shaw's "Pygmalion." Neva Patterson is not only gorgeous as the heiress, but she plays the part with splendid clairty and effectiveness. Stella Andrews makes the ballrina a gentle, sympathetic personality...
...Clifford Odets, whose "The Country Girl," starring Uta Hagen, will open October 16. Beyond any doubt, however, the British are the guests of honor this season. Christopher Fry, the brilliant English playwright, will have two productions: "The Lady's Not for Burning," with John Gielgud, in late October, and Neva Patterson in "Ring Round the Moon," which will probably be booked for November. Both plays have already proved highly successful in London. Another British import will be D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in October --good news for Gilbert & Sullivan enthusiasts. "The Late Edwina Black" is due in early November...