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...fetched up by "Gramaw." At 17, he meets a girl named Chalkline Annie and makes the scene on a pile of old carpets in the storeroom of the neighborhood movie house. After that, "the persons, female and male alike, who were so eager to avail themselves of his splendid body never appeared to notice that it was inhabited by Joe Buck...
MAUREEN FORRESTER SINGS ARIAS OF BACH AND HANDEL (Vanguard). So splendid and secure is Maureen Forrester in this performance that Kirsten Flagstad is the closest and best comparison. In the sorrowing arias, such as "Es ist vollbracht" near the end of Bach's St. John Passion and "He was despised" from Handel's Messiah, she conveys grief and compassion with darkly shaded tones and a seemingly endless vocal line...
...strapped into a hunchback's brace, must be a real contortionist to get through the evening; she plays the role quietly and competently. A performer with greater vitality might somehow have been able to suggest the importance and the ominousness of this figure. The production's asscts include a splendid set by Donald Mullin and fine lighting by Don Cate...
...whose position requires that he grapple with the problems of criminal law, may I congratulate you upon a splendid and objective analysis in your essay, "The Revolution in Criminal Justice" [July 16]. Your objectivity is an encouraging contrast to the frequent emotional and sophomoric treatments of this grave issue...
John Anderson has created a very peculiar outdoor set with a tree that looks sugar-coated; his outdoor settings are quietly effective. Lewis Smith's costumes are once again absolutely splendid...