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Opening-night rough spots, largely owing to lack of rehearsal time and uncertain acoustics in the new house, hurt the performances. But Actor Robards, with his long, brooding spade-jawed scowl, was almost always convincing as the man of honor changing slowly into an unwilling miscreant and finally into a ruthless, sneering, hell-bent King. Outstanding moments: his bloody babbling after Macbeth murders Duncan ("Macbeth does murder sleep"), the "Tomorrow and tomorrow" speech as he holds his dead wife in his arms. Actress McKenna made her Lady Macbeth warm and feminine ("I feel people should have compassion for the sinners...
...course that begins with the arm waving ("It gets the blood circulating; there's no point in my talking to a lot of dead brains") is called Drama 106. But Paul Baker's object is to spade up whatever creative ability a student has. By sweet reasonableness or sour harangue, he prods course-takers to write stories, paint pictures and compose music. False notes and failed paintings are unimportant in this basic course, which is required for Baylor undergraduates; all Baker wants students to do is "get acquainted with their own minds-which, incidentally, very few people...
Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well
...each pleasant day, David Dubinsky, grizzled chief of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, went down to the hotel pool in a flowing bathrobe, red and black sandals. Afternoons-to rest from the brief morning business sessions-he spent swimming in the surf with his 13-year-old granddaughter. Spade-bearded Jacob Potofsky of Amalgamated Clothing Workers strolled poolward in a natty blue-and-white beach jacket and Hollywoodish sunglasses. Sparking the livelier set, the Electrical Workers' Carey demonstrated fancy dives from handstands on the high board. A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany appeared in beach regalia featuring...
...dawn, dressed in his usual rags and with his long, uncut hair bound by a kerchief, Kawamura borrowed a spade and rushed into the field. Passersby paused to watch and to jeer and cheer him as he dug all morning long. It was a much bigger job than he-had expected. By noon Kawamura had dug down 6 ft. of earth and uncovered one face of the tombstone-a massive slab 1 ft. thick and 4 ft. wide. Apparently bent on a rest, he started to clamber out of the 6-ft. pit. But. at just that moment, the huge...