Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-26

should Wnen 'LOnuon'S Old Vic
The Arrangements are thos,
brought the basic Shakespearean
Rational Thester . Like New
ington will see all four plays in
the current Old Vic repertory
These are Richard II" Romeo
and Juliet" Macbeth" and
"Troilus and Cressida" Thus
the gamut of the groups present
gr- roles viii performed by
Paul Rogers, Claire Bloom, John
Neville, etc.
as against Boston's two and
Fhiladelphia's three play pres
citations, Washington will have
four performances of each Of the
Old Vic's productions. Even
New York is waiting for "Troilus'
until the last fortnight of the
company's visit to. Broadway.
The Cressida, by the way. will
be played by Rosemary Harris.
r. Washingtonians caught a
brief glimpse of her a few sea-
sons back as the younger dsugh-
ter in Moss Harris Inflated THE
Climate of Eden" The play,
quick failure, nevertheless
managed to get one stubborn
vote as best of its year for the
Critics Circle award. AS did
Truman Capote's THE Grass
Harp" in another season when
The Times Brooks Atkinson
stuck with Capote's work to the
bitter end. But what is all
this history doing in a staccato
report on the Old Vic and Wash
ington?
SPEAKING OF SHAK
SPEARE: There is a suspense
gsme-a rather silly one-al-
ways played by two Algonquin
habitues on arriving at the hotel
for another visit. 1t is won-
dering who the first acquaint-
ance will turn out to be, apart
from the staff which is full of
old acquaintance. This time
1t turned out to be small, trinity
sculptured Tom Patterson. the
local boy who. started Stratford,
Ont.'s Shakespearean festival.
>. And thus brought his small
Canadian home city world re-
noWn
Mr.. Patterson is full of It'd
ings. That Stratford, in its
fifth season. will have its new
million and one-half dollar per-
manent theater ready for the
July | opening. Ready. but
not entirely finished. There
will be some work left to be
done OH the exterior. Mr..
Patterson is in New York for a
multitude OF purposes. One
of which is to see Tyrone Guth-
rie, the artistic wizard in STRAIT
ford's festival DR.. Guthrie
is here directing CheryI Craw-
fOrd's "Candide." now playing
paid previews before its opening
Mr. Patterson is also con-
cerned with rounding out Strait
ford's 1857 talent roster. He
will not confirm, nor will he
deny. that SiObhan (Shivawnl
McKenna will be a member of
the company next year. Miss
McKenna. whose first name in
Gaelic has brought her almost
as much attention as her Shi-
vaunted talent, is a good bet to
go to Canada. Another no.
ton is that Michael Redgrave
may linger after his THE Sleep
ing Prince" run ends here to
play "Coriolanus" in the Ontario
festival.
This rarely done Shakespear-
can piece, with Hamlet" and
Twelfth Night" will comprise
the next Stratford repertory.
Christopher Plummer will play
the Hamlet. Unless his
Night of the Aux commitment
interferes. The Canadians
feel he would be easier to re-
place in that Kermit BlOOmgar-
den production than in their
festival. Could be.
4 4
PEOPLE: Eli WaIIach. who
became WaShington's favorite
actor last spring in "Teahouse. .
is just about New York's favor
lite despite the sturdier COMPETE
ton here. IL the five-star
cast of Major Barbara" he is a
Standout in the relatively Nief
role of Bill Walker. Shaw's fun
NEST bum. His performance
is the season S most brilliant
sample Of what a superb actor
can make of a relatively small
role. Against such stalwart
others as COrnelia Otis Skinner
Glynis Johns, Charles LaughtOn
and Burgess Meredith.
New York awaits with excite
ment the Playwrights produc-
ton of the late Robert E. Sher-
woods last play. -. Small Wal
on Murray Hill" it is called. with
Jan Sterling and Leo Gem as
its stars. 1t will come to the
Barrymore. New York's thea
ter shortage is already being felt
But Jed Harris unfortunate
Child Of Fortune" helped By
making quick exit. Al
Washington knew it would after
its visit to the National.
And Max GOrdOn's Everybody
Loves Me" called it a day on the
road in Philadelphia. After
its rueful week in Washington
-. One New York paper carried
the phrase after favorable no
tees on the road" i. The trutf
is such a twistable thing.
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