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Iolanthe conveniently divides its chorus into two parts: noblemen and fairies. The noblemen in the current production have been inadequately directed all around, and they neither sing clearly nor move in unison. For the most part the fairies fare better, but they too have their troubles. One had a noticeable case of laryngitis last night...
Susan Dubiner's costumes are an odd lot. The noblemen wear something resembling a toga and wigs that look as if they came out of a toy disguise kit. But maybe it's how they wear their wigs, and not the wigs themselves, that seems so ludicrous. At any rate Miss Dubiner's mass-produced fairy outfits serve well...
...instantly suspected of being involved in the plot to do him in. Suspicion crystallized into widespread indignation when some three months later she married the profligate and domineering Earl of Bothwell, believed to be her lover and the actual murderer of her husband. A group of Protestant noblemen, who had always been hostile to their Catholic Queen, seized Mary and forced her to abdicate. She soon escaped to England and threw herself on the mercy of Elizabeth, her cousin and longtime rival...
Everywhere Meg went, in fact, a varied assortment of the nation's own version of noblemen and -women were eager to greet her. In San Francisco, Hello, Dollyl's Carol Channing showed up for an English-Speaking Union luncheon, and Bullfight Expert Barnaby Conrad graced an exclusive dinner given by Socialite Whitney Warren atop Telegraph Hill. Down at the Bistro in Beverly Hills, the banquet list of Hollywood aristocrats included Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Danny Kaye and a couple of Queen Elizabeth's loyal subjects named Burton. Margaret promptly upset her security guards in San Francisco...
Textured stockings are nothing new (noblemen and chorus girls have worn them for centuries), but only in the past year have they become more than an occasional lark for a far-out coed or a conversation piece for a starlet in need. Now, to the yé yé sounds of the Frug and the Monkey and the fashions that dance along (high high boots, short short skirts and cut-out shoes), manufacturers are moving fast to get them on the counters again...