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...William Hamilton, husband of Lord Nelson's celebrated mistress, Emma, bought it from a Neapolitan collection. In 1801 it was sold at Christies' for 39 guineas, and ten years later, the second Earl of Radnor bought it. It stayed sequestered in the Radnor family seat, Longford Castle, until recently -when the eighth Earl sent it back to Christies' to help pay duties on his father's estate...
...joined the Composers Collective, the first left-wing, musical-political organization in the U. S., whose members included Bertolt Brecht, Hans Eisler, Earl Robinson, Elie Siegmeister and Aaron Copland. Having decided that "the world is divided into the murderers and the murdered," he wanted to show in his work which is which. His life paralleled his writing once too often: he was murdered...
...Earl Caldwell's challenge came at a time when the U.S. press community felt that Government investigators were using subpoenas far too liberally as a means of fishing through reporters' notes on the off chance of finding evidence of crime. Caldwell, a San Francisco-based black reporter for the New York Times, had been subpoenaed last Feb. 2 and ordered to appear before a federal grand jury investigating activities of the Black Panthers. He was directed to produce tape recordings and notes taken during Panther interviews. Caldwell not only objected to producing the material, he objected to appearing...
...Earl Caldwell, he could still be subpoenaed if the Government could succeed in proving "compelling need" for his tapes and notes or if they could think of any information Caldwell might have apart from his privileged conversations with the Panthers. At the moment, though, the decision is a triumph for Caldwell, for Constitutional Lawyer Tony Amsterdam, who represented him-and for press freedom. Says Caldwell: "We got 100% of what we asked. I could not have continued as a journalist if I knew I'd have to submit to what the Government has been demanding...
...used for the development of careers. It was never its intention to support the industry, and if Equity thinks so, its behavior is irresponsible." It is true that off-Broadway has served as the training ground for many current stars, including George C. Scott, Jason Robards Jr., James Earl Jones, Colleen Dewhurst and Dustin Hoffman. It also has nurtured writing talents like Edward Albee, who gave Producer Barr two of his off-Broadway hits. Barr's third was The Boys in the Band, which has netted its backers a 1,750% return already. Other notable off-Broadway successes: Hair...