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...very idea of the Charles Playhouse staging Brecht's magnum opus, Galileo, might draw a gasp of astonishment. The play requires elaborate production, many large and varied sets, a cast of fifty; and the script makes enormous demands of the actors. But with the help of Tony van Bridge, a fine Shakespearean actor imported from Canada to play Galileo, the Charles production remains competent throughout and occasionally flashes through to brilliance...
...your fine article on Spain, I was pleased to see you point out that the members of Opus Dei are absolutely free in political matters. However, I felt you failed to convey the fact that Opus Dei is a worldwide Catholic association. Although the society began in Spain, the founder moved its headquarters to Rome, precisely to emphasize the worldwide nature of the association. Finally, although a search for a one-word capsule summary of a typical member is probably impossible, I would not choose "shock trooper." Perhaps "salt tablet" would come closer. The chief thing that members have...
Public Warning. Success has won Opus many enemies. It is attacked by old-guard Falangists as "liberal," by campus radicals as "reactionary," by labor leaders as an "economic elite." It is often accused of plotting to seize power after Franco dies, and Fray Justo Pérez de Urbel, abbot of the Benedictine monastery at Franco's Valley of the Fallen civil-war monument, recently warned it in a newspaper article to stop "playing politics...
There is no real evidence that Opus Dei has political aims. If some of its members hold top positions in the Franco government, others, such as Christian Democrat Florentine Pérez Embid and Liberal Monarchist Rafael Calvo Serer, are prominent opponents of the regime. Says Monsignor Escrivá: "Opus Dei will always include all tendencies that the Christian conscience will allow...
...precisely that reason that Opus Dei has become such an important factor in Spanish politics. Its members are climbing in every significant political movement except the extreme left. They can be expected to hold positions of authority in whatever government eventually succeeds Franco...