Word: fidgeters
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...couldn't begin to describe the plot of The Country Wife. Most of the frenetic running around concerns the activities of one Harry Horner, a professed eunuch who in fact is doing quite well, thank you. Horner has little trouble fooling Sir Jasper Fidget, a cuckold's cuckold, but he runs into difficulty when he goes after Mrs. Margery Pinchwife, chiefly because Mr. Pinchwife hasn't been told that Horner is impotent, which, of course, he isn't, if you follow me. So much for the plot exposition...
...Lucy, the maid, as an engaging, tough little tramp, and Shelia Stannard (Alithea), in spite of some awkward moments, makes an art form out of blandness. Tam Miller as Margery Pinchwife is magificently dumb, and leaps around the stage like an oversexed gnome. As for Emilie Rahman as Lady Fidget--boy, that Emilie Rahman. She is the best thing in the play as the wise-cracking, tough-talking Lady-always-in-waiting...
...just-published book, Tiffany's Table Manners for Teen-Agers (94 pp.; Ives Washburn, Inc.; $3), Tiffany Board Chairman Walter Hoving offers comforting advice. "Be nonchalant," says he. If you choose the wrong fork or knife, don't fidget, keep eating. Sip soup from the side of the spoon or from the end-it makes no difference. Asparagus may be eaten with the fingers, as may artichokes and corn on the cob (exception: chicken). The finger bowl? Don't ponder its use; just remove it until time to dip fingertips. Other items...