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...modern U.S. usage a witch is either a liberal's term for the quarry of a Congressman or a ladylike term for an untamed shrew; oldtime witches seem to have disappeared. Not so in the eyes of Jungian psychologists, to many of whom the whole world of demons, myth and fable is every bit as vivid as it is to poets and children. For Jungians believe that certain kinds of myths are repeated over and over again in all eras and societies, thus furnishing clues to the universal unconscious, just as an individual's dreams may give clues...
...last week showed early foot, then fell off the pace, finally closed strong. It was away from the post with The Taming of the Shrew, a brisk Shakespearean gallop which showed Maurice Evans at the top of his form as the impetuous Petruchio. while Lilli Palmer gave smouldering life to the imperious Kate. Staged with wit and imagination by The Hit Parade's William Nichols and costumed brilliantly by Rouben Ter-Arutunian, Shrew was one of the best of Maurice Evans' productions...
Hall of Fame (Sun. 4 p.m., NBC). The Taming of the Shrew, with Maurice Evans, Lilli Palmer, Diane Cilento...
...Taming of the Shrew by you-know-who is the whoop-dee-doo on channel 4 but not 2. Sunday...
Last week Prawy at last was ready-and old Vienna got its first American musicomedy. Before the opening, Vienna's Arbeiterzeitung ran an article protesting "Don't Kiss Me, Kate," and the experts agreed that poor Katharine the Shrew was certain to fall on her face...