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...work? The Department of Labor last week issued an updated edition of its Dictionary of Occupational Titles, used primarily by employment counselors. The 5-lb. catalogue defines, and assigns a nine-digit index number to each of 20,000 job titles, including such esoterica as sword swallower (159.647-010), rock breaker (770.687-034) and brassiere-cup-mold cutter...
Joan the Maid is Shaw in yet another transparent disguise. It is not difficult to imagine him in medieval armor wielding a righteous sword against the dragons of this world. Scene by scene, Saint Joan is rather like an extended series of lectures, a kind of droning college seminar labeled "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Nationalism...
...court of Henry IV, politics and personality meet with the clash of sword on shield. The cry of the battlefield resounds in the hall as the player with the power of position behind him emerges as victor. All the justness of the rebel family Percy's cause fails to overcome the king's opposing will; all the willfullness of the prodigal prince falls before the demands of his role as future king. At its most immediate level, the theme of the play Henry IV (part 1) is purely political: its art is a lesson in the practice of politics...
...England Bluegrass Boys--Winthrop JCR at 2 p.m. Judy Collins--Symphony Hall at 8:30 p.m. Gordon Bok--First Congregational Church at 8 p.m. Elliott and Rosenthal--Back Room at The Idler at 8 p.m. Dick Curless--Jonathan Swift's at 9:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Open Hoot--Sword-in-the-Stone...
...Passim at 8:00 and 10:30 p.m. Strange Brew Coffeehouse--Hilles penthouse at 8 p.m. Paul Orsillo--Back Room at The Idler at 9:15 p.m. The Moonlighters--Jonathan Swift's at 9:30 and 11 p.m. Turnout--Up From Under Coffeehouse at 8 p.m. Open Hoot--Sword-in-the-Stone...