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Though best known as a film actor (Topkapi, Spartacus), playwright (Romanoff and Juliet) and radio and TV wit ("NATO? Six nations in search of an enemy!"), Peter Ustinov is also an old hand at opera. Over the past decade he has staged one-acters by Puccini, Ravel and Schonberg at Covent Garden, and in 1968 he directed a successful new version of Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Hamburg State Opera. Until that possible day when he sings and acts all the parts in Wagner's Ring cycle, Ustinov's most ambitious operatic venture will...
Cannons to the right of him, cannons to the left of him, Flashy is back in the saddle again. Saber up, pants down, his wit a well-stropped razor, he careers through the fourth installment of his adventures as the British Empire's raciest, cheekiest hero...
...Liberal on the same day, has set pundits pondering the possibility of a Liberal Party resurgence (TIME, Aug. 13). But for those who care less about which party is up or down than how entertainingly the game is played, the feat of Clay promises much more: a revival of wit at Westminster. As one of his admirers says, it should be "the next best thing to having Peter Ustinov" in Parliament...
...tough-minded novelist and correspondent, the gravel-throated Rudd is a 14-year veteran of the CBS News Service. Quinn, 32, was hired (at a reported $75,000 per year) from the style section of the Washington Post, where she was known for aggressive reporting and a caustic wit. ("Poison Quinn," Norman Mailer dubbed...
...many fictional names Cather gave to her own town of Red Cloud-is known "from Omaha to Denver for its hospitality and for a certain charm of atmosphere." Neil is enchanted by young Marian Forrester. She wears the only earrings he has ever seen, allows herself a little wit and more than a little sherry...