Word: pipers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...season. The best U.S. play: Death of a Salesman, a deeply human story of a typical American who so craves success that he is fatally crushed by failure (TIME, Feb. 21). The best foreign play: The Madwoman of Chaillot, an enchanting fantasy about a wacky countess who, Pied Piper-like, rids Paris of its human rats (TIME, Jan. 10). The best musical: South Pacific, a sort of child of Madame Butterfly by Mister Roberts, brilliantly produced with Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza (TIME, April...
...these balmy days of 26 mile 385 yard footraces and round-the-world-in-a-Piper-Cub derbies it seems only natural that the distance-oriented portion of the lunatic fringe should turn its attention to the bicycle as a means of bringing on an untimely heart condition...
Billy did not produce it. But with all his shelved ideas for speeding up the ponderous Met (TIME, Sept. 6), he could hardly have improved on Agnes de Mille's staging of The Rape of Lucretia or on John Piper's handsome sets, imported from Britten's Britain. Dark-eyed Kitty Carlisle looked ravishing as Lucretia and sang almost as well. George Tozzi (as Tarquinius) sang a fine baritone. As demanded, it was a quality operation, even if it fell short of being a quality opera...
...piper, in freshly pressed kilt and bubbling with solos, managed to play after last Saturday's game, although he had to do some last minute repair work on his bagpipes...
Precaution. In Los Angeles, Ross E. Piper reported to police that the burglar who broke into his house had stolen nothing but the burglar alarm...