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Plays based on historical events will often lapse into Romanticism or scuffle along as mere recounting, but Whiting successfully molded his material for the theatre. He deftly compresses the time span between the arrival of Father Urbain Grandier (Jason Robards, Jr.) in Loudon and his cremation at the stake for sorcery. In addition, he juxtaposes crucial scenes with each other. While Grandier refuses to confess under torture, his false accuser, Prioress Jeanne (Anne Bancroft) soliloquizes on her sins at the other side of the stage...
...Jason Robards understands his author's intentions perfectly. During the scene when he refuses to confess to sorcery even under the threat of torture, Robards remains so cool and detached that the audience writhes in pain. His subtle transition from arrogance to pride constitutes one of the most masterful performances you may ever see on the stage...
...Karsten Prager, John Shaw James Wilde and Arthur Zich-covered all key action areas in two often sleepless weeks. Their dispatches filed around the clock for nine days over our new direct teletype channel from Saigon to New York, came to more than 50,000 words, from which Writer Jason McManus and Senior Editor Ed Hughes fashioned their account. A graphic part of the story is Cartographer Robert Chapin's map showing (within the limits of security) scale diagrams of the bristling new U.S. bases. Eight pages of color photographs-most of them taken only a few days...
Producer Alexander Cohen and Greek Director Michael (Zorba the Greek) Cacoyannis are bringing in The Devils, an adaptation of Aldous Huxley's The Devils of Loudun. With Jason Robards as the 17th century priest and Anne Bancroft as the prioress whose lurid accusations lead him to the stake, theater parties are buying early...
Outside, amid the purple petunias in the new Jacqueline Kennedy Garden was sculpture, including Oronzio Maldarelli's simple bronze nude, Branca II; down on the south lawn was Jason Seley's Masculine Presence, constructed from motorcar bumpers...