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Still, the proceedings-adapted from Peter Shaffer's opulent play-are well managed by Director Irving Lerner in a style that might be called Eisenstein modern, and devotees of the Hollywood spectacular will cherish the bravado of the two leading actors. Robert Shaw bellows and glowers in his ornate armor like a psyched-up Errol Flynn. Christopher Plummer, in cloak, loincloth, gold necklaces and flowing hair, looks like the lead singer of a particularly exotic rock group, and his attempts at a Peruvian dialect occasionally make him sound like one. His performance is unabashed camp, consisting about equally...
...pass the appropriations. A spirited debate has raged within the Administration for seven months. Opposing the SST were Nixon's science aide, Lee DuBridge, and Hendrik Houthakker of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. Supporting it were Secretary of Transportation John Volpe, Federal Aviation Administrator John Shaffer, and a genuine American hero, Charles A. Lindbergh, who personally presented the case for the SST to the President...
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. The Peterborough Players. When the lights go down, Peter Shaffer's characters cavort and sport their way through a people-jam in the dark in his hilarious Black Comedy. The Public Eye, another one-acter by Shaffer, follows a seemingly errant young wife...
OTHELLO, Shakespeare's valiant Moor, is played by Errol Hill and directed by Rod Alexander, and THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN, Peter Shaffer's drama about the confrontation of an aging, existentialist Pizarro and the proud Peruvian Incas stars Rod Alexander and is directed by Errol Hill. The switch indicates the balanced nature of the Dartmouth Summer Repertory Theater Company, which is staging the two plays in Hanover, N.H., between July...
Even with the quotas, the FAA concedes that rush-hour delays of up to one hour will have to be considered "reasonable." John Shaffer, a former vice president of TRW, Inc., who is the new FAA administrator, says that the quotas are merely a "Band-Aid approach" that does not solve the real problems. Inadequate airports and traffic-control systems have been overwhelmed by the 101% increase in air traffic within the past decade. A program to automate air-traffic control more fully is two years behind schedule...