Word: worke
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HUNGER AND THIRST is a new play by Eugene lonesco in its U.S. première at the Berkshire Theater Festival, Stockbridge, Mass. (July 16-26). A complex work in three episodes that traces a man's lifelong search for joy and truth, it is also a spectacular that includes music by Richard Peaslee (Marat/Sade), elements of choreography by Julie Arenal (Hair), monumental sets by William Pitkin and a cast of 35, including James Patterson, Ruth Ford, William Prince and Virginia Kiser. Ionesco is in residence to give Director Arthur Storch the benefit of his own interpretation...
...congratulate you on your excellent article on la causa [July 4]. As volunteer workers in La Joya of the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, my wife and I discovered a very simple and beautiful people. It hurt to see them work so hard and receive and have so little. It hurt to see the ignorant prejudice against which they must struggle and the very poor living conditions of so many. As a nurse, my wife saw health problems we believed no longer existed...
Black protest has been quiescent for the past six months. It is possible that the President's tranquilizing tactics may work-but hardly in the long run. "Instead of cooling the crisis," says Whitney Young Jr., executive director of the National Urban League and a leading spokesman for black moderation, "this studied nonactivity is adding dangerous fuel to the pent-up rage and frustration of inhabitants of our black ghettos." As if to prove Young's point, the man chosen by Nixon to promote his black capitalism program-a major campaign pledge-angrily resigned last week...
...Storr has participated frequently in British television and radio programs, and does journalistic work for the literary magazine "Book World." He has written three books: The Integrity of the Personality, Sexual Deviation, and Human Aggression. Now visiting American for the first time, Dr. Storr is currently teaching a course entitled "Human Aggression" at Harvard University...
Undoubtedly, many of the minor problems of timing and taste will work themselves out during the play's run. But that's really no excuse for not going to see The Hostage immediately, for you may find you even want to see it a second time. (And when you go, get to the Loeb early. The cast warms up by singing folk songs as the audience arrives. In fact, if you're up to it you really should try to get a songsheet for yourself, so you can join in.) As for myself, I'll delay a return visit till...