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...safely aboard the ferry, City of Havana, with rebels carrying their luggage. Other tourists slept in hotel lobbies, guarded by armed bellhops wearing July 26 arm bands. Che Guevara led 600 of his bearded mountain warriors into Havana and bedded them down on the parquet floors of the ballroom of the Havana Hilton Hotel...
Goyas & Gielgud. Washington's most lavish diplomatic entertainments are given by Spain's Ambassador José Marie M. de Areilza, Count of Motrico, and his wife, who live in one of the capital's most breathtaking houses (white-walled ballroom, priceless tapestries, bubbling fountain). The Spaniards are hosts at huge New Year's Eve balls, an annual Columbus Day party (1,000 guests) and spring Verbena (carnival), bring in flamenco dancers who whirl to the clapping of the guests (including the ambassador, sitting on the floor). For perfectly detailed dinners and suppers, nobody surpasses Peru...
...Beckett's menagerie of performing enigmas is now loose in the ballroom of the Commander Hotel, of all places. They are nasty little brutes, most of them, with none of the heartening docility of trained seals or tigers...
...only serious technical lapse is unavoidable, given the site. Much of Godot is played lying down; since the ballroom floor is not pitched, only the first few rows can see the whole play...
...Waiting for Godot" will go on tomorrow as originally scheduled despite the recent arrest of two cast members imported from the Actors' Repertory Theatre, Jan A. Hartmann '59, director, said yesterday. The play will run through Sunday and again from Dec. 5-8 in the Ballroom of the Hotel Commander...