Word: patrick
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Curious Savage is John (Teahouse) Patrick's 1950 comedy about an eccentric widow kept luxuriously in a mental institution by her family to prevent her from giving away her fortune. Spring Byington will play the part created by Lillian Gish. Ogunquit, Me.; Falmouth, Mass.; Fitchburg, Mass.; Laconia, N.H.; Ivoryton, Conn...
...talks, Kennedy recalled that his great-grandfather Patrick Kennedy "left here to become a cooper in East Boston. He carried nothing with him except two things, a strong religious faith and a strong desire for liberty. I am glad to say that all of his greatgrandchildren have valued that inheritance. I am glad to be here. It took 115 years to make this trip, and 6,000 miles, and three generations...
...Dunganstown, where Patrick Kennedy came from, the President found Cousin Mary Ryan, sixtyish, and her two daughters waiting for him. Their little farm had been transformed only a few days before: the dirt yard had been laid with concrete, and plumbers had installed an indoor bathroom (wags dubbed it "John's John"). U.S. Secret Service Men literally had to use force to break the grips of hands that clutched at Kennedy. There were countless exchanges of gifts, including a sheepskin floor mat, presented to Kennedy by his cousins. "This," explained Old Family Doctor Martin Quigley...
...rest of the company on the whole displays an admirable high quality. Philip Bosco conveys the fervor and noble loyalty of Kent, who is to Lear what Horatio is to Hamlet. In the earlier parts of the play, the Gloucester of Patrick Hines is somewhat perfunctory; but after being blinded, his thereby improved "sight" spurs him to the most eloquent work of his career. His prayer and his final dialogue with Lear are extremely moving. (But why did the director place his "suicide" leap on the flat part of the stage when a six-inch "cliff of Dover" was available...
...were in doubt of the outcome (and in fact, few were left in the chilly park) by the time that Gilmor contributed two more runs to the festivities in the fifth with his homer. Only the truly brave and faithful remained when sophomore Mike Patrick tripled in one run in the eighth and scored on Diehl's shot to deep second...