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...Communist press, all news can be led down the party line, though it often takes considerable leading. Thus, in East Germany last week, when a circus tiger mauled its trainer, Potsdam's Märkische Volksstimme (circ. 240,000) saw a fine opportunity. Said Volksstimme (Voice of the People): "The tiger's attack was one of the many interesting episodes of Franchesco Capri's eventful circus life ... In November his wife Ruth will present six young lions she brought from Hungary in a new act, 'Animal Nursery.' But before she can do this...
Married. Emmett Kelly, 56, famed hobo clown of the Ringling Brothers circus and Hollywood (The Greatest Show on Earth) and Elveria Gebhardt, 22, circus acrobat; he for the third time, she for the first; in Edgewater...
With Vargas dead and Café Filho barred by the constitution from running for President, two new star performers, both of them state governors, have moved" into the center ring of the Brazilian political circus. Both are spellbinding orators and accomplished platform actors, though their styles are notably different. Buoyant Juscelino Kubitschek, 53, veteran governor of Minas Gerais, dresses well and exudes hearty confidence. São Paulo's shrewd Jânio Quadros, 37, once labeled "the most talented actor in the history...
Most Americans, forever fascinated by the backstage know-how of the movies,TV, the theater or the circus, know little about how an opera is staged. It is actually an extraordinary exercise in skill, timing and logistics, far more involved than play production. Many opera plots include supernatural happenings and require complicated equipment; what is more, everything from magic fireworks to the basso's whiskers must move according to the music. Technically, one of the most demanding operas is Gounod's Faust, which opened the Metropolitan Opera in 1883. Last week Faust had its 317th Met performance...
Greatest Show on Earth (Tues. 8 p.m., NBC). Circus preview, with John Daly...