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...idea of a national theater had been kicking around for more than a century. But in 1962, Olivier was given the Old Vic theater on the south bank of the Thames and an annual grant of $364,000. He has since made it one of the finest stage companies in the world. Among its recent productions: Olivier's first Othello, Coward's Hayfever, Brecht's Mother Courage. Peter Hall was involved in a similar buskin-strap operation on the Royal Shakespeare Company. Before he took over in 1960, the group had restricted itself to Shakespeare at Stratford...
...talent on which both of these groups depends is the provincial theater. In Britain there are 57 fulltime, professional repertory companies-twice as many as in the U.S., which is four times as populous and 40 times bigger. The regional theater is provincial in name only. The Bristol Old Vic, for example, now has had three of its productions running in repertory in London this season, next year will perform three Shakespeare works on Broadway...
Chef René Verdon quit the White House kitchen rumbling that California wines are très ordinaires and Lyndon's favorite dishes are fit only for Him. That was too much for California-born Restaurateur Victor Bergeron, 63, better known as Trader Vic for his string of 13 Polynesian eateries around the U.S. He forked over $3,612 to buy a full page in San Francisco's Examiner & Chronicle to baste René in an open letter. A sampling: "By what stretch of the imagination do you think that French cooking is the only cuisine...
Five minutes later B.U.'s Vic Conte hit a slap shot from the point, which Fitzsimmons stopped with an excellent save. But after making the stop Fitzsimmons lost his balance and fell down. Fred Baset had no difficulty shoving the rebound past him, making the score...
Nayar has also beaten Vic Sexias, a former tennis champion and present senior squash champion of America. He had little trouble as he shut out the veteran three games to none...