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...main flaw in the production occurs in the opening scene when milkmaids, villagers, peers, and archers stumble around the crowded stage without rhyme nor reason. However, as soon as the action shifts to Sherwood Forest, "Robin Hood" develops into a delightful blending of songs and smiles...
...dissension between English-speaking and French-speaking Canadians is Canada's central problem. Like many another good citizen, William Sherwood Fox, president of the University of Western Ontario, has long been disturbed by it. In 1933 he went to the small Quebec village of Trois Pistoles on the St. Lawrence, asked the villagers to take in English-speaking students as summer boarders. At first the French were wary, suspecting a conspiracy to change their way of life. But Dr. Fox finally persuaded them...
After two years of argument, experiment and preparation, OWI at last had its own broadcasting station in England. OWI Overseas Director Robert E. Sherwood told all the peoples of Europe about it last week, as the all-American transmitters opened up for the first time. Said he: "This is the American Broadcasting Station in Europe. . . . We Americans are here to join with the BBC in telling the truth of this war to our friends in Europe -and to our enemies. . . ." He warned against premature action, promised that Gen. Eisenhower from England and Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson from the Middle...
...towering (6 ft. 7 in.), gloomy-browed Playwright Robert E. Sherwood (Idiot's Delight)* sometime Presidential speech doctor, was in town to "coordinate" U.S. propaganda between London and the Mediterranean. He managed to get around to a fair share of cocktail parties, where he looked miserable, helped serve drinks. Playwright Sherwood's There Shall Be No Night, one of wartime London's smash hits, had to suspend performances when Actor Alfred Lunt caught bronchitis fire-watching, and passed his cold along to Actress Lynn Fontanne...
...lecture on the Far Eastern conflict will be given in Lowell House Junior Common Room Tuesday at 7:30 o'clock by Sherwood Eddy, author and lecturer. The talk, which will consider the positions of Japan, China, and Russia, is sponsored by the Harvard Square Council of Student Religious Groups...