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Playwright Thomas Babe, who fills most of thirteen pages in this Advocate, is said to be interested in form. Both he confines his interest to scene-sized packages, and one's final impression of his "Resistance" is one of forlorn people talking about themselves. This seems more like a prologue than a play...

Author: By William H. Smock, | Title: The Advocate | 4/20/1966 | See Source »

Havlicek turned in a distinguished performance for the Celts, entering the game midway through the second quarter and popping home jump shots almost unerringly. He would up with 36 points to lead both teams. Robertson and Lucas had 27 for Cincinnati. Thirteen of Robertson's points and 45 of the Royals came from the foul line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Celtics Hand Cincinnati Second Playoff Victory | 3/28/1966 | See Source »

...thirteen years in opposition the Labour Party had condemned the Conservative Government's policies of intervention and over-extension, focusing on the Suez crisis in 1956. Labour members criticized American meddling in South Vietnam and were generally committed to a financial reform policy of "Britain First." Once in power, however, Prime Minister Wilson adopted a more traditional approach to defense problems. He resolved to support the Unted State's position in Vietnam, and continued the fight to keep British bases in Aden and Singapore...

Author: By Eleanor G. Swift, | Title: Realities of British Defense | 3/16/1966 | See Source »

...whole crew assembles in the first act for the archetypal boring, Chekhovian party. Thirteen characters saunter about, titter, and listen through their earhorns to the tittering of others. At the fall of the first-act curtain this same group swarms in with sparklers, pouring around the shocked Vivien Leigh who is staring at Sasha (Jennifer Hilary), the neighbor's daughter, in Ivanov's arms. Gielgud jars the audience, giving them perhaps two seconds to take in the entire scene...

Author: By George H. Rosen, | Title: Ivanov | 3/11/1966 | See Source »

Frantz has lived in an attic for thirteen years--fooling himself into believing that Germany is being destroyed, throwing empty oyster shells at a picture of Hitler, and making tape recordings for the "crabs" who will judge mankind in the thirtieth century. He sees no one, and refuses an interview with his father, whom he associates with the family's Nazi background. Even time is kept out of his attic world. The only one who can see him is Leni, his sister, who brings him his meals and loves him incestuously. To keep Frantz for herself, Leni refuses to tell...

Author: By Thomas C. Horne, | Title: New York Theatre I: | 2/26/1966 | See Source »

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