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...also the most mesmeric anti-hero to grip the Anglo-American stage since Bill Maitland in John Osborne's Inadmissible Evidence. The irony is that such anti-heroes require heroic performances from the actors who play them. Nicol Williamson erupted volcanically in Inadmissible, and Alan Bates (TIME, Nov. 6) is a flood tide of brilliance in Butley. The two plays and the two characters have a good deal in common. One feels that if Maitland and Butley could harness their energy and alter the direction of their venomous wit, they could put their lives straight in no time...
...world champion Czechoslovakian national hockey team is coming to Boston to play Harvard. Don't look so surprised. It was revealed Wednesday that talks have been underway between Harvard officials and United States Olympic coach and American Hockey Association representative Murray Williamson on a proposed match...
KATHARINE WILLIAMSON...
...Rider," "Mystery Train," and an encore of "You've Got All the Money," that was nearly worth the whole set. His harp work was stunning, and very much the focal point over the band's easy chording. Butterfield learned to play harp from the Chicago masters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter, and James Cotton especially. He's mastered their techniques, and added his own ideas and his strong sense of taste, that is, what sounds right. He plays only slightly derivative blues harp, and his fine blues singing matches it. Paul Butterfield has one of the best blues voices...
Charley himself, former Pro Football Player Fred Williamson, thinks the controversy is useless and that in fact the change seriously weakens the impact of the title. "Media people are expecting repercussions based on the significance of the word nigger to white people," he says, "but blacks don't have the same reaction to it any more. Changing the name just reflects the insecurity and guilt of some whites who think the niggers in their town will be offended and throw rocks at the theaters." Paramount Vice President Charles Glenn adds: "I wonder what the media would call a film...