Evening star., 1949-04-03
VideOand
Radio
By Horry Macarthur

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Of Amherst College will present
their production Of Julius Cae-
sar" over WNBW and the NBC
television network throughout the
East and Middle West. This will
sbe the first full-length Shake
spearean play seen on television,
but not for this alone will the
event be Of some historic import
in the theatrical world. The video
cameras, also for the first time,
will move into the model Eliza
bethan theater of the Folger
Shakespeare Memorial Library,
where the telecast will originate.
Thus, in seven days. the library
will have taken pair OF mo-
mentous steps away from schol-
arly aloofness toward closer con-
tact with drama lovers at large.
Last Monday night the Amherst
group became the first to stage a
Shakespearean play in the model
theater when they brought their
Julius Caesar" there for q orieI
stay. Now, In performing the
play in the same place for the
television cameras, the Amherst
players became a link between the
past and the newest method OF
drama dissemination.
It is easily possible that today S
performance of Julius Caesar"
will be seen by more people than
Shakespeare ever expected to see
at all performances OF it.
II the video cameras capture the
snirit of the Amherst production
in the Folger Elizabethan-styie
theater. televiewers are IN 1or
a rewarding experience. Tne
Masouers use the Bard's own nrst,
folio version of the great political
melodrama, playing 1t in TWO
freely flowing acts rather tnan
breaking it up into the acts ana
scenes of the original.
It is easy to dream great, neroic
thoughts about Shakespeare's pos
sible reaction If he were to Turn
m for today's telecast. His nrst
question. though, probably would
have to do with the size OF tele-
vision royalties.
Programs and People: Dean
Martin and Jerry Lewis start their
NBC comedy series today CWRC-
$50 PM, with Bob Hope as tnelr
first guest star. THE Aoven-
lures of Ozzie and Harriet" which
has been in that spot, moves today
to CHS (wTOP. same time). .
"The Pantry Shelf Contest" on
"Girls Corps" (WMAL-Saturday.
pm.) will be broadcast from the
Presidential Room OF the Hotel
statler this week and next. The
broadcast here will start at noon
each Saturday. that being the reg
ular network time Of the program,
which WMAL rebroadcasts an
hour later. Abe Burrows has
signed a seven-year AM-TV con-
tract with CHS. The official
program marking WEAM's new
5,000-watt, S full-time status is
slated for Wednesday at 8 pm.
Bill jenkins, Matt Warren and the
full roster of WEAM talent will
be featured. The Student
Club" (KCFM-Thursday, 1880
p.m.) will feature winners Of the
Scholastic Writing Contest this
week. NBC starts a new pro-
gram, 1.-THE U. N. Is My Beat" de-
signed to clarity issues before the
U.N. Assembly, next Friday at 7:30
pm. :. Easter features on "The
Greatest Story Ever Told" (WMAL
Sunday, $50 p.mJ will be The
Betrayal and the Crucifixion" on
April 10 and 1.-THE Resurrection"
on April II. The give-away
prizes get more and more fabulous.
"Hit the Jackpot" is Cor was when
we last noticed) offering a round
trip plane ride over the North
Pole. stop the Music" has in
the jackpot a $1,000 investment
in a theatrical production. You
probably stand q better mathe-
matical chance of knocking of
that jackpot than you do Of win
ming on a Broadway play In
vestment.
II II II
Telenotes: Celebrity Time"
iCWMAL-Tv-Sunday, $50 pmJ
makes its bow on the ABC network
today, with Conrad Nagel acting
rs master Of ceremonies. The
program. formerly called Riddle
Me This" will retain as regular
performers nka Chase and John
Daily. NBC (WNBW), as you
may have noticed already, has
started a series of horse racing
telecasts. Except for a couple Of
Monday holidays. these will be
seen on Wednesdays and Satur-
days and the coverage will in
clude Jamaica, Aqueduct, Belmont
and the Empire and Saratoga
meets at Jamaica. Glenn Nc
Carthy will be the man kept on
his toes by the knowledge that his
listeners also can see what he's
describing. Milton Berle has
set q heroic schedule for himself
for next Saturday, in the inter-
est Of raising funds for the Damon
Runyon Memorial Cancer Fund.
Already having q reputation for
getting into every act that ap-
pears on his own show, Mr.. Berle
will carry this a step further come
Saturday, by getting into every
act (maybe even the horse racing)
on MICS video schedule. from
noon on into Sunday morning.
Through 1t all. he'll be answering
the phone to collect donations.
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