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Yeomen of the Guard is one of Sullivan's finest scores, certainly his most operatic, and it is performed all too seldom. The performance last night was fully worthy of the vehicle, and showed a skillful blend of enthusiasm and musical excellence. Bruce MacDonald was a charming Point, whose pleasantly intimate manner with the audience, especially in such numbers as "I've jest and Jibe," was thoroughly captivating. Playing a tricky "tragic clown" role, he managed to convey a bit of pathos without spoiling the essentially comic nature of the part...
...doubt (as the program notes point out) as to how much of the blame for Alceste's failure is his own and how much society's. Although this irresolution is somewhat troubling, it does not detract from the quality of the Poet's presentation. Davison makes the misanthrope's blend of frustration and courage more sympathetic than otherwise, and handles Wilbur's lively and facile translation with an easy authority that characterizes most of the other performances as well...
...Connolly's peculiar blend of pugnaciousness and competitive spirit which ended his Harvard athletic career and turned him into a sports idol at the end of the 19th century...
...even warring disciplines," the Columbia professor of physics warned. Our present educational system, even in our great universities, succeeds only in mixing ingredients and hoping that "through some mysterious alchemy, the result will be a man, educated, well-rounded and wise. Most often, however, these ingredients do not blend," he asserted...
...readers American Heritage offers a rich blend of good storytelling, vivid historical fact, and fine color pictures. Heritage articles have included an account of the illegitimate birth and wretched boyhood of Alexander Hamilton, Robert Todd Lincoln's agonized testimony in court that his mother was insane, a suppressed account of the death of John Brown, and a medical study of George Washington (who turned out a 4-F by modern standards...