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...early 30s, with no experience whatsoever, Houseman found himself in Harlem, directing the first production of the Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson opera Four Saints in Three Acts. Not long afterward he became Orson Welles' principal collaborator in the renowned and innovative Mercury Theater. In 1955, when this third volume of his memoirs resumes, Houseman is about to rescue the American Shakespeare Festival at Stratford, Conn., after its wobbly first year. He has just finished a stint as a movie producer (Julius Caesar with Marlon Brando; Lust for Life with Kirk Douglas). He goes on to direct some...
...journey takes on a mythico-literary cast. Erofeev is Sheherezade, avoiding one thousand and one train fares by telling obscene stories to chief Ticket Inspector Semyonych. He is Oedipus, parrying the ribald riddles of a drunken Sphinx. He is Dante descending through the Moscow circles of Hell, his Virgil a bottle of Stolychnaya. And in the tragic denouement, Erofeev becomes Christ on Golgotha, crying out in anguish "Why, oh Lord, did you forsake...
Sands paired with Yardling Larry Scott in the first doubles to beat Factor and Virgil Christias. Penn State's second singles player, 6-2, 7-5. Factor and Christias had defeated the NCAA doubles champs earlier this season. "I think that's a good indication of what we can do together, to not have played a match together and beat these guys, who were very strong," Scott said...
...Howard Sands (H) d. Jeff Factor (PS) 6-4, 6-2; 2. Warren Grossman (H) d. Virgil Christias (PS) 6-2, 6-1; 3. Dave Beckman (H) d. Howard Beckman (PS) 6-2, 6-1; 4. Adam Beren (H) d. Dwayne Hultquist (PS) 6-1, 6-0; 5. Larry Scott (H) d. Bryan Crist (PS) 6-4, 6-2; 6. Rob Loud (H) d. Brad Rush...
...Johnny Vander Meer pitched back-to-back no-hitters for the Reds in 1938. Allie Reynolds (1951). Virgil Trucks (1952), Jim Maloney (1965), and Nolan Ryan (1973) are the others...