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...Month in the Country (adapted from the Russian of Ivan Turgenev by Emlyn Williams) has for some strange reason been a theatrical wallflower, while Chekhov's four daughters have constantly been given a whirl. Last produced in Manhattan in 1930, A Month remains one of those small classics that, however long kept in mothballs, keep their charming bouquet. The play needs-as the Phoenix Theater has given it-a sensitive production: Michael Redgrave has ably directed an able cast, and Emlyn Williams' adaptation is in crisply laundered English...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Old Play in Manhattan, Apr. 16, 1956 | 4/16/1956 | See Source »

...Constitution at sea, April 10--This is my first exclusive report from aboard the S.S. Constitution where life is just one big, mad, gay whirl. The excitement increases as the wedding of Grace Kelly of Philadelphia and Prince Rainier (pronounced Rey-ney) of Monaco approaches. One of the years most exciting and exclusive press conferences marked the sailing of this liner. With regal poise, Miss Kelly discussed her future with a few hundred reporters. She flashed that charming smile and said, "I do wish people would be more considerate and stop stomping on each other." Grace is such a thoughtful...

Author: By Melissa FAITH Hearstwood iii, (SPECIAL TO THE HARVARD CRIMSON) | Title: Divine Grace | 4/11/1956 | See Source »

...courses in four countries under Gene Sarazen's auspices, a 73-day Cape Town-to-Cairo trip led by old Africa hands. For art lovers it has arranged a 46-day ramble through Europe's museums and cathedrals; for those who like music a 50-day whirl from Bayreuth to Rome, Wagner to Verdi. In addition, 16,000 ocean cruise passengers (average age: 65) each year take American Express shore tours or buy the whole cruise, e.g., a 97-day, round-the-world trip (cost: up to $20,000) on the Kungsholm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRAVEL: TRAVEL | 4/9/1956 | See Source »

...never proposition, and he probably will continue to use his big New York delegation as a power wedge, but in actual fact the New York Daily News managed to sum up Harriman's situation in a single head line: IKE YES HAS HARRIMAN IN A WHIRL OF INACTIVITY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Adlai Gets the Word | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

Television was busy last week with scalpel and sedative, and viewers had a vicarious whirl through the agonies of d.t.s, the miseries of migraine and the horrors of infanticide. On NBC's March of Medicine, Announcer Ben Grauer introduced the subject of alcoholism from a comfortable perch at Moriarty's bar on Manhattan's Sixth Avenue. His point: most of the bibbers in sight were capable of taking it or of leaving it alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

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