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Duke of Kent, 26, gay blade in the Royal Scots Greys: a son, tenth in line to the British throne: in Tver, England. Title: Earl of St. Andrews...
...Bolingbroke who becomes Henry IV. We see Richard high on one end of a seesaw, and Bolingbroke on the other. And we sit mesmerized as we witness the inexorable and almost ritualistic shifts of the fulcrum from the force of incident or public opinion, until Bolingbroke finally rises to throne level. Superimposed on this is the further manic-depressive seesawing within Richard's own being...
...high point of the text is the deposition scene. This portion so unnerved Queen Elizabeth I, who took it as a personal threat, that she had it censored; and the scene was not printed till James ascended the throne. The deposition is also the high point of this production. The attendants are well blocked, and Basehart and Bosco mesh wonderfully. Their pacing and their subtle give-and-take are just right. And Basehart times his "Ay, no; no, ay" to perfection. This is a moving spectacle indeed. There remains only for the prop department to come up with a better...
There are a dozen possible royal relatives who might wear the crown, but the only serious alternative to Don Juan for the throne of Spain is his tall, handsome, newlywed son. Prince Juan Carlos de Borbon y Borbon, 24. Fortnight ago, he interrupted his honeymoon with Princess Sophie of Greece to present his bride to Franco at a lunch at Madrid's Pardo palace. Most Spanish monarchists are convinced that Franco would prefer the younger, more pliable Juan Carlos, when he becomes eligible at age 30 under the succession law. The theory is that El Caudillo still resents...
...death.* Since the second son in line, Don Jaime, was a deaf-mute and renounced the throne, the monarchic responsibility at last fell to Don Juan...