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...unmarried. As if this were not enough to thrill every mother (and every mother's daughter) in the entire United Kingdom, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, Earl of Chester and Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Great Steward of Scotland, is also heir to the classiest preserve of royal pomp and privilege left on earth: the British throne...
...times we are given a few too many slapstick gags, these times are few. For the most part, the buffoonery is nicely balanced by a moment now and then of seriousness, and any critical comments about the acting would be unjustifiable. Giles Havergal, a true professional brought over from Scotland, ably directed the show, and the cast seems to have had no trouble coming up to his level...
Havergal recently accepted a long-standing invitation from George Hamlin, producing director of the Loeb, to come over from his home in Glasgow, Scotland to direct a student production of a play of his choice. In Glasgow, Havergal directs and manages the Citizens' Theatre, which houses a small, active repertory company. One of his partners is playwright Robert David MacDonald, who adapted and translated two plays by Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais into this Figaro, and who has also been a recent guest director at the Loeb. "We're always looking for people who can make a rare contribution to theater...
Havergal will fly back to Scotland tomorrow, but the play will run until May 6. "A few of the actors were a little upset at first about that," a member of the stage crew, who wishes to be unidentified, says, adding, "Because, really, they're not professionals...
...crucial battleground for the upcoming election, however, is likely to be newly oil-rich Scotland. With its commitment to the establishment of a Scottish assembly to deal with a wide range of Scottish matters, Labor hopes that it will pick up a large thank-you vote. In an important by-election in Glasgow last week, Labor won handily, a comforting indication that the Scottish Nationalists' bandwagon is not rolling. The Nationalists, however, have traditionally been drawn from the right, and there is always the chance they might decide to return to their Tory home. As a result, party leaders...