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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with Charley, Steinbeck (1) 3. The Fire Next Time, Baldwin (3) 4. The Ordeal of Power, Hughes (5) 5. The Great Hunger, Woodham-Smith (9) 6. O Ye Jigs & Juleps!, Hudson (4) 7. Final Verdict, St. Johns (6) 8. Forever Free, Adamson 9. The Day They Shook the Plum Tree, Lewis 10. My Life in Court, Nizer...
...reference to your citation that "only four actors have played Prince Hamlet more than 100 times in a single production" (Irving, Tree, Gielgud and Burton), your reporter must have meant only in London...
...next major event took place in 1807, the rotten Cabbage Rebellion, another protest against College food. The student body assembled for the first time under a tree at the end of Hollis Hall which was to become Rebellion Elm, and begged that the food be improved, especially the cabbage. They had marched out of the dining hall in a body and 17 of them were eventually dismissed. The food remained largely the same...
Until a few years ago, practically nothing could be done about a locust invasion. As the big insects migrated in swarms that darkened the sky, tree limbs cracked under their weight; with their voracious appetites, they consumed growing crops that would have fed millions. But Dr. Reginald Rainey and his colleagues of the Anti-locust Research Center have discovered that the movements of man's ancient enemy have an intimate connection with meteorology. Locusts need rain, and the desert vegetation that rain encourages, before they can breed into black swarms. When the desert bursts into sudden bloom, the locust...
Only four actors in history have played Prince Hamlet more than 100 times in a single production?Sir Henry Irving, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Sir John Gielgud, and Richard Burton. Moreover, Burton was the longest-running Hamlet in the history of the late Old Vic, where Hamlets were kept in the repertory only as long as the box office remained strong...