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DYLAN. Whether Alec Guinness, as Dylan Thomas, spars with newsmen, spats with his wife, or speaks in the soft dark ness next to a sleeping child, he conveys the poet's warmth and wit-as we! as his decline through sycophancy, self indulgence and alcohol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Broadway: Mar. 13, 1964 | 3/13/1964 | See Source »

Gold Dust Twins. Bernstein had the very touch Zeffirelli needed to complete a chef-d'oeuvre: under his baton, Verdi's wit and whimsy seemed ironic and sharp. He brought modern accents and strong colors to the aerial delicacy of Verdi's score, and drove the Met's orchestra at a pace that left the superb cast flushed and breathless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opera: Crusade Against Boredom | 3/13/1964 | See Source »

Most of the gems were synthesized on the fertile typewriter of Timothy S. Mayer, who made an obviously heroic effort to inject class into the show. His lyrics are carefully worked, although not labored, and he often uses genuine wit instead of the tired sex euphemisms that are so at home in a production of this sort...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: William Had the Words! | 3/12/1964 | See Source »

DYLAN. Whether Alec Guinness, as Dylan Thomas, spars with newsmen, spats with his wife or speaks in the soft darkness next to a sleeping child, he conveys the poet's warmth and wit-as well as his decline through sycophancy, self-indulgence and alcohol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Mar. 6, 1964 | 3/6/1964 | See Source »

...intact: he could still see, read and speak. Most important, he could still write-with a ballpoint pen. It took three pens, and more agony than he may care to admit, to write Episode. The fact that it was written, that it reflects so much of his oldtime waspish wit and wordcraft, is the most substantial evidence of Eric Hodgins' recovery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rehabilitation: Mr. Blandings' Nightmare | 3/6/1964 | See Source »

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