Word: sullivane
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Other winners of the 17th annual Peabody Award: CBS's Ed Sullivan Show, TV entertainment; ABC's John Daly and his associates in political-convention coverage. TV news; CBS's You Are There, TV education; NBC's Youth Wants to Know, TV youth or children's programs; CBS's World in Crisis, TV public service; CBS's Secret Life of Danny Kaye, TV promotion of international understanding; Mutual and NBC's Bob and Ray, radio entertainment; New York City-owned WNYC's Books in Profile, radio education; WNYC's Little...
...182Pretty Patricia McCormick, winner of both Olympic gold medals for women's diving, won her final and most important prize as an amateur. For the outstanding contribution to amateur sportsmanship during 1956, the acrobatic Californian now a pro, got the Sullivan trophy...
Patience is not most distinguished either musically or lyrically among the works of the great Gilbert and Sullivan. But the Harvard G and S players have been able to over-ride with enthusiasm and charming verve the inadequacies and datedness of their material. On the whole, this spoof at Victorian artsycraftsiness comes off very well...
Perhaps the most compelling thing about the production is the unashamed good time that everyone connected seems to have. Not only is the singing surprisingly competent for an amateur group, but the subtle glances and repartee which are the life blood of Gilbert and Sullivan succeed wonderfully through the unabashed quality that suffuses the production...
Patience, then makes a great good time, and is a vastly endearing production. The Gilbert and Sullivan players have furthered their reputation for consistently clever and spirited performances of these sometimes so distant classics...