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Strenuous & Serious. Though CBC scorns the rating game,*its prize shows are highly popular. Closeup sends cameramen anywhere (Cuba, Egypt, Taiwan), interviews anyone (Evelyn Waugh, Brigitte Bardot), tackles any subject (homosexuality in Canada). CBC is strong on serious drama (recent example: The Crucible') and occasionally goes all out for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Magazine TV | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

Tammy Grimes was a perfect Maria. Skedaddling about with devastating infectiousness, Miss Grimes made it clear that Maria's wits were as sharp as her own nose and chin. The other two superlative performances were the Dancing Zany of Geoffrey Holder, who designed the choreography and also sang; and the...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Local Drama Sparks Summer Season | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

Tammy Grimes, as Olivia's gentlewoman-servant Maria, is perfect. She makes it clear that Maria's wits are as sharp as her nose and her chin; she is quite bright enough to have thought up one of the profoundest statements in the play: "Some are born great, some achieve...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Twelfth Night | 7/16/1959 | See Source »

Look After Lulu (adapted by Noel Coward from Georges Feydeau's Occupe toi d'Amélie) is a game of musical chairs played with beds. Philippe (George Baker), who must leave Paris on regimental maneuvers, asks his pal Marcel (Roddy McDowall) to look after his mistress Lulu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Mar. 16, 1959 | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

Nod Coward's dialogue for this turn-of-the-century French farce is broad more often than bright, and Cyril Ritchard's direction is often as agitated as it is agile. The cast works hard for its laughs, but it does get them. Tammy Grimes chirps and wiggles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Mar. 16, 1959 | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

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