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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08

OF q story Dy the late
Thomas Mann.
Young Mannino described
the current resurgence OF in
terest in symphonic music in
Italy at a news conference yes
terday at the Italian Embassy.
Since the 18th century. he
said. opera has reigned supreme
in Italy. Other European coun-
tries took the lead In SYM
phonic music. Now Italians are
once again coming to regard
the concert hall as important
a place as the opera house.
But we must be sparing In
the modern music we play"
he said. "For our audiences. 1t
is more difficult than 1t is IN
America. Our opera tradition is
unbroken. but our symphonic
tradition ends with the baroque
period. Audiences are used TO
German romantic music and
have TO make O big jump to
catch up with contemporary
composers"
Highly Regarded
Modern American composers
highly regarded In Italy. he
said, are Virgil Thompson.
Samuel Barber. Roy Harris and
Aaron COPELAND. But the biggest
Of all, he said. is Clan Carlo
Menotti. an italian by birth.
The Florence Orchestra was
formed in 1929. Among It's foun-
ders we're A. @. Spalding, father
OF the famous American violin
list Albert Spalding. and Ca
briele Paresce, now counselor
OF the Italian Embassy here.
Tomorrow's concert at $40
pm. is a benefit for the Amer
lean Cancer Society. Patrons
include Mrs. Dwight d. Eisen-
hover. Sienora Gronchi, wife
OF the President Of Italy. and
SiRnora Brosio. wife Of the
Italian Ambassador.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
Noted Italian Musician
To Play, Conduct Here

The Leonard Bernstein Of
Italy" will bring the Symphony
Orchestra OF Florence to Con-
stitution Hall tomorrow night.
The young conductor is
Franco Mannino and he is
every bit as much a triple
threat musician in Italy as
young Mr.. Bernstein is in this
country.
Two OF his talents will be on
display tomorrow night. For
the first half Of the concert he
will be the piano soloist in
Franck's symphonic Varia-
tons" For the second half he
will mount the podium TO direct
the orchestra.
Maestro Mannino. 80, is also
an accomplished composer
Among his many works are
three operas, one OF them the
only musical version ever per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08

this country cannot offer
competition to the foreign
maestros. He trained his or
chestra to play with enviable
precision and with q finely
balanced tone. In turn. Il
knows their conductor can re-
spond to his wishes with an
unusual fidelity.
There were passages In
the Shostakovitch symphony
where the winds played with
such delicacy and transpar-
ency that the slightest move
in any Of the inter-parts
could be heard with utter
clarity. The strings. too. are
HOMOGENEOUS. with Q full
bodied tone, but without any
hint Of chromium.
1T is hoped that the WASH
ington visit will become an
annual affair"
That the National Sym
phony Is a iirst-rate organi-
zation we Washingtonians
know. We can easily agree
with Mr.. Taubman and Mr..
Lang. What We don't know
Is how IL sounds In q FIRST
rate hall. have never felt
that Constitution Hall was
poor acoustically but certainly
II is not good. How wonder
full the orchestra seemed in
Carnegie! II there Is such q
thing as crime against art.
the destruction Of Carnegie
Hall would be . major Of
tense.
II is located on expensive
real estate and the revenues
from orchestras and recitalists
are not sufdcient TO pay for
its upkeep. II Is scheduled
to be demolished within the
next few months. But the
execution Of this old hall
should not be allowed to hap
pen-not for the sake Of sem
tfment but because IL Is the
finest auditorium in the
world in which to listen to
music. Not all the secrets Of
acoustics have yet been
learned.
The success Of our or
ehestra in New York was
not all limited to the APP
proval OF the newspaper
critics. The audience. q large
one although it did not NIL
Carnegie to capacity. was as
spontaneous and enthusiastic
in its ovation as any / have
seen for q long time. When
one remembers that the en-
tire concert was Of unusual
goth century music. With two
composers-LAMontaine and
Vincent--that no one knew
even by name. this Is re-
markable.
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Christmas Charity Drive

Christmas Charity Drive
The Women's Auxiliary Of
the hington Bridge
League will hold its annual
Christmas charity drive on
Wednesday. The collection,
money and clothing. will be
made in conjunction with the
WBL at its monthly win
ners" contest Wednesday at
the Mayflower. Beneficiary
this time will be the old folks
at d. c. Village. Mrs. Dixie
Bortz and Mrs. James p.
Goode. WA welfare chairmen.
will be In charge Of the col
lection.
Invitations have been ex-
tended by the Washington
Bridge League TO all directors
or representatives Of ACBL-
afiiliated duplicate clubs In
this area to attend a meeting
Tuesday at the Mayflower.
The meeting. an open forum
for the directors OF some 40
local bridge clubs. will be fol-
lowed by the monthly meet
ing Of the WBL Executive
Board.
The seasons worst snow
storm was no deterrent to a
hardy band OF Washington
Bridge Leaguers who ven-
tured forth last Wednesday
for the weekly master point
play Winners in the single
section, l3-table Mitchell
we're James Lipman and
Charles Voigt. jr. tN-S),
Mrs. Hazel Loftin-H. P. Still
we'll tE.W). Runnerup hon.
ors went to Don Farwell-
Michael Michaels. James
Sourilas-Charles Williams.
Montgomery Duplicate
The American Cancer So
ciety. current ACBL charity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08

Of the hackneyed pieces re-
peated season-in and season.
out.
These reflections are in
spired by a vivid new record
ing Of this concerto by
Yehudi Menuhin which has
appeared on Mercury. with
Antal Dorati and the Min
neapolis Symphony colabo-
rating. Menuhin, who had
some personal association
with Bartok. has been an
exception to the general rule.
OF a venturesome turn OF
mind TO begin with, he was
evidently greatly impressed
by the composer at a meeting
in l943. two years prior to
Bartok's death. Bartok
coached the violinist In. his
first sonata.
Several years ago Menuhin
recorded the concerto in Eng
land. That issue currently
is unavailable in this country.
but the new recording is a
worthy successor. and better
recorded. Despite the fact
that it was made following a
night concert last February
in New York, when the ma
jority of less dedicated mu-
sicians we're asleep. the per-
Torrance is berant.
Menuhin, Mercury and their
colleagues deserve much
credit for their vigorous and
forward looking enterprise.
which puts like minded
record collectors decidedly in
their debt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
NEWS OF MUSIC
BY DAY THORPE
Music Editor Of The star


NEW YORK. Dec. Elisa
Maxwell. q guest Of Mrs.
Jouett Shouse at the concert
Of the National Symphony in
New York yesterday. ex-
pressed her enthusiastic cri-
tical opinion of the show
with fiamboyant originality
that make the professional
reviewers envious.
1T was simply marvellous"
said Miss Maxwell. Howard
Mitchell is undoubtedly my
favorite conductor. Other
conductors are always play
ing some old second SYM
phony or OF her-Brahms
Second. Beethoven's Second.
SC hubert's Second. or
Tschaikowsky'S Secon d.
Haydn's Second or even Schu-
mann's Second are common
place. But Howard Mitchell
comes along and gives US
Shostakovitch's Fifth! That's
really music"
It was nice. when the pa
pers came out today to md
that the more conventional
critics were no less flatter-
ing to DR.. Mitchell and the
National Symphony. Howard
Taubman in the Times said:
The Nations Capital may
be q troubled place these
days. but not on account OF
its orchestra. There was a
time when the National
Symphony was not a great
deal better than a provincial
band. But under Howard
Mitchell's responsible leader
ship 1t has come along quickly
and II keeps on improving.
In the year and a half
since the orchestra last WIS.,
tied New York. there has been
a marked advance. Playing
at Carnegie Hall last night.
the orchestra proved to be q
supple and responsive instru-
ment. II has been expanded
and has developed impressive
fiexibility. II had the en-
thusiam of youth when 1t was
last here. That quality has
not gone. and to 1t has been
added admirable mellowness
and balance.
Mr.. Mitchell. an Ameri-
can by birth and training,
has made 1t an article OF
faith that his programs will
reflect the contemporary
world. particularly our own
music. Half Of his program
was devoted 10 American
works and the other half 70
Shostakovitch's Fifth SYM
phony. a modern piece that
has found a place in the
modern repertory. Mr..
Mitchell and his orchestra
gave Mr.. Vincent's symphony
a vigorous and expansive
performance. In Mr.. La
Montaine's cycle. the orches-
ira played with glowing tones.
In the Shostakovitch SYM
phony the visitors indicated
most clearly the progress 1t
has been making.
The conductors approach
caught the large line Of the
work. and his musicians re-
sponded like a thoroughbred
ensemble. Particularly men,
orable was the delicacy OF
tone in the closing pages OF
the first movement. An
ensemble that can achieve
such control balanced in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
BY MARGARET L. FISHER

Washington Ace Alvin
Roth finished fifth overall
among the bridge elite in
the individual championship
sponsored by the newly or
eanized National Association
Of Bridge Champions. The
tournament was held in Las
Vegas. New. November Is
20. preliminary to the Los
Angeles Winter Nationals.
Winner was Robert Groet-
Finger Of Denver (637,: Sec
ond was John Crawford Of
Philadelphia t603l2). Roth
scored SOS.
This new association,
brainchild of George Rapee
Of New York. himself q top
ranking ACBL player. held
its first meeting in Las We
gas. While not Endorsed by
ACBL. it is expected that
about o thousand ACBL
players eventually will be
invited to join. In the 20
year history Of ACBL. some
$500 players have reached
life master status, and most
NABc members will be Of
this select group.
Progress on Coast
The 3lst annual Winter
National championships Of
the American Contract
Bridge League wind up late
today in Los Angeles with
the naming Of the new ma
tional open pair champions.
At this reporting. the small
but potent Washington dele
CATION had failed to rate top
berths in early events Of the
nine-day meet.
Mems teams results: FIRST, Lev
Mathe, Meyer sehieifer I'd TAYLOR.
all OF Los Angeles. and Donald Oakie.
san Francisco tSeisl Second. John
n Crawford and Sidney silodor.
both OF philadelphia, Ben Fain, Pau
Hodee end Georee Heath. all OF
Abilene Tex. t4atal
Women's teams results: First Mrs
Charles Solomon and Mrs Edward
Cohen. both Of Philadelphia. and
Mrs stella Rebner and Mrs Mary
Jane Kauder, both Of Los Angeles
i5Olal. Seeond, Mrs Helen sohel
and Mrs Kay Rhodes, both Of New
York City. Mrs ARneS Gordon. Buff
falo; Mrs Margaret wagar. Atlanta.
and Mrs Diane DelSlne Detroit 800
Individual title First walter wal
lace, San Francisco f3S.l second.
Robert SHARP covinRton. Ky. '3i5l.
Field. 4dS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
Boston Symphony
To Give Concert
Here Thursday

The Boston Symphony will
make its first Washington APP
pearance Of the season at $50
pm. Thursday In Constitution
Hall.
Charles Munich will conduct
the performance. which is pre-
sented as part Of the National
Symphony Orchestras regular
series.
The program includes
Brahms Academic Festival
Overture. Berlioz Fantastique
and Roger Sessions Third Sym
phony.
Tickets for the concert are
on sale at the National Sym
phony box ONCE In Campbells,
! ll08 q street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
Fverett-Mrs r. smhham, Mrs. Jo-
sepn NJ Day-L. O Rghmann.

ENREGlN-mIt. n. 6blflLAHf ME ~
sepn N Dsy-L. @ Rahmann
other Duplicate winners
Alexandria: Mrs Mary Gilbert
Mrs Ruth QUINN Mrs Msrsaret
Chittenden-Mrx Alice Hatch.
Andrews: November 25) Mrs.
JACKIE Fleek -Comdr Robert White.
Mrs Alice Treat
Arlington; Mrs. Jaek cole-Leus
@ Tubs, Mrs p smith-Ed Allen.
Chess. Mrs Allyn @ Whitehead
Rog Banner, A. Z camire-PaGl Ka-
lsFski
Chevy Chase: Sarah sonitz-Mrs.
a O Whitehead Mrs. r. Addie-
Mrs J Bsssett
Euclid: MIS- Haze Loftin-Brooks
man
Federal: Mrs. Florence stem
Rush Buckley
Goren: November 2al Mr. and
Elizabeth Jacobson EVELYN Forter.
December Opal Van HornD r.
Anderson.
IrvinE Street: MES Martin J.
Costello Kenneth Mcclure Mrs.
Esther De Rssd-Aloeri Geddes
Ken~oOd; Mr. and Mrs Richard
" Beers: Ms. James P. Goooe-M.s.
Beverly Weiele
Lsen Village: Mrs. Malcya Christ
E nlsn,Mrs, w., JOhG g Fletcher Fletcher Mrs.
} A Weber Mrs. Mildred DoTnham-
Ellsmsrie LaSchinski.
MontE0mery: Mrs Ma,ora cATist-
Ms Robert " BATES ''' ~
Onieers' Service CLUB; Joserhine
chsmhers-Hsrriel zimmeriv Nell
Ann Humphrey Albert Wachs.
PiayfaiT: November 2sl Mrs Eva
Bsrsis-co ] G Sesbourne iDecem-
Der ] Brooks Boslsy-Janes Lipmsn.
silver SprinE; Mrs. John Frazer
WIS Car Tessmer TIED with Mrs.
E.eTence Grifath-Mrs, sheila Weber.
45 Goren' 8 Dupont circle pairs.
TOMORROW: Gor.n. 8 Dupont circle;
PAIRS. 80 Andrews. Andrews AFB
ofaeers CUB Mp pairs. -. arl-
Fax. .a2o Arlington boulevard pairs.
as Federal. Bellevue Hotel pairs.
As Thomas Circle. Apl loo, 244O
Sixteenth pairs, 1.30. Waiter Reed.
waiter Reed ohcers Club pairs.
TUESDAY Arlington. 5000 Lee hish:
way. Mp pairs. - GAO. ofScisl
einine room General Accounting
Once. pairs, $50 MoRtEonery,
100 Nervood esiSs. PAIR. -.
hrSt' pairs, WBL Executive Board
srl club directors meetl1F, May
flower Hotel "a
WEDNESDAY Bethesda. womsr's Club
OF Bethesda pairs, > Washington
Bridge LesEue ACBL until. Nav
flower Hotel pairs. winners same.
-s5
THURSDAY, THURSDAY Noon. 8 Dupont
circle MP pairs. - 80 Chess. Cor
don Hotel: pairs. : a. Congressional
Secretaries, House once Building.
MP pairs, 4. PlayfAir. 1881 Hsryard;
pairs 80
FRIDAY Lyon VILLAGE, 5000 Lee high.
way pairs 1880 Alexandria, SOP
Cameron. pairs. 7.45 Euclid. Apt.
100. @440 Sixteenth; MP pairs. : as.
Goren, 8 Dupont circle: Mp pairs.
T4S Irving street. 4l3 North
Irving: pairs As silver Spring.
1901 Georgia avenue. pairs. -.
SATURDAY Agriculture. ADJ l0a.
a440 sixteenth. pairs L. Chess.
GORDON Hotel; MP pairs 1lS.
walsh. no same
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
BY JAMES q. DEANE

At last. and Just in time
TO be Of utility In Christmas
giving, q full fiedged Hamlet
has Joined the roster Of
notable dramatis personae on
records.
Until now only three rep
reservations Of Shakespeare's
melancholy Dane were listed
In the long-playing record
catalog. Two OF these were
fragmentary recitations by
Olivier and John Barrymore.
and the third was q two-disc
transcription Of q radio ver-
sion OF the play. very drasti-
cally abridged. heard In this
country in 1851.
II Hamlet" as frequently
alleged, is the greatest Of all
plays-or even II 1t is merely
one OF several greatest--an
adequates full-length record
ing Is certainly long overdue.
But at least the long wait has
not been in vain. For the
new recording. which covers
the healthy span OF four
Victor discs. fills the bill quite
handsomely. il not in all
respects ideally.
Victor went TO the logical
source. The Old Vic COM
pany's Is the name on the
album cover. John Gielgud is
both the Hamlet and. with
John Richmond. the CO.
director.
1t is mildly astonishing to
be reminded that Gielgud first
essayed Hamlet in 1890. After
~ years. he still manages TO
simulate the voice and man
ner OF a young man in his
early 20s with remarkable
CONTINGENCIES. There are
few others who speak English,
Shakespearean or otherwise.
with equal precision or feeling
for its poetry.
Gielgud's portrayal is also
refreshingly unmelodramatic.
Its weakness. TO me. is q
tendency to become not mel
dramatic but merely con-
versational. This is a tend
ency largely blamable. ] sus-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
AROUND THE BRIDGE TABLE
Roth in Top 5 in Bout
Of Champ Group

project. was the beneficiary
last Tuesday Of proceeds
from the special master point
game sponsored by the Mont
gomery County Duplicate
Bridge Club. Forty pairs par
ticipated. Results in the
two-section Mitchell play:
B. ssstsn julius white ri NS Sf s Nd
Mrs r v Haig Mrs OiEa
Brown Mrs Dorothy Poppleton.
kilmer Borfz-Laurens Sullivan.
Section B. Mrs Jane Gallo
Say-James Lyman, G i solsm-
lora Christman-James SouriiAs. Mrs.
Frances Mobley-Mrs, Kay Watson,
Master Point Results
Desrins-D' Meade Peesles. y. HaT-
riet Zimmeriy james Sourilas =
Mrs LESSEE j. Terry-MrS. Helen
Smithson. Mary Lipp-Ruth Everett;
Arl-Fax: l--Mr. and Mrs. A. p.
IrapneH. Mr.. ane Mrs. Albert
Oeddes
Bethesda: Mrs shela Weber
ppi;,.oc. C. MsD0nnsii; Mrs. Lester
D Meade PEBBLES. jr Mrs. Georee
synon tied with Mrs claris Adams
olmstead-Mrs John Seal.
Chess: Mrs. Alice Robinson
James Lipmsn Mrs Jane GALLOWAY
Mrs. Jean Ellis Mrs Jack Cole
Mrs. Herman Moe. Hardee Allen
Henry Rau
GAO: Mrs. Claudia Horn
Laura Penland. Ruth Phillips-Hslsn
I David LinS. Ralph Greene
Mathew Solomon.
Laber: Mrs virsinia Dye
Godfrey Thorn John SsyAse-o L
Simpson. Marie Gurlev Thomas
Judse. Arthur s-Ralph
Greene
NH: Mrs Carl Tessmer-Dr
Willie W Smith, Or William Afford
Emanuel ZlsSis Rose Lieberman-
Kilner Boftz Mrs Robert Berry
Mrs eismund Mayer
silver Spring; Mrs. ca.l Tess
Grifith-Mrs. Maria Morski.
Thomas Circle: Ed Alien
Heber D Osborne. u, Rosemary
Riordan-Jo John Couch Mrs. stan
lev Beaslev-H P Stillweu. Sumner
Bhley-Ervin Kenison.
walsh; Section A. Mrs viz
ginia Dye-Mrs HaEel Loftin. Mrs.
Eva Slater-John Savage. 2--Mrs
Mary Phillips-H p Stiuwill. IL
Col. jeanette Bleeh; Mrs; Louis SAL
Jacobson-June Liverman. John Mar
Ville-C. NJ walker. Ruth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
NEWS OF MUSIC
Symptoms Concert
In New York Praised

variety and tone. Is rare even
in q land Of fine orchestras."
Paul Henry Lang in the
Herald Tribune liked the or
chestra no less. and was par
ticularly taken by the fact
that here in the Nations
Capital We can get away
with q whole evening Of mod
ern music:
"Today's composer faces an
audience. the subscription
audience consisting largely
Of people Of middle age or
older. many of whom listen
to music with prewar ears.
The musical education they
received in their youth was
entirely based on 18th GEN.
fury model. Therefore. they
can hardly be expected to be
receptive TO contemporary
music.
1T Is to the credit Of the
public. whose intelligence Is
vastly moderated by man
ayers and orchestra boards.
that in spite Of these handi-
caps they have shown Of late
a willingness TO listen to
music that is far outside the
boundaries Of the standards
there. And 1t is to the credit
Of some Of our conductors
that sensing this willingness
they are presenting more
new works in their subscrip-
ton programs than hereto
fore.
Nov the National SYM
phony Orchestra Of WASH
ington arrives for q one
night stand at Carnegie Hall.
daring the Metropolitan au-
dience with an all-20th CEN
fury program including two
premieres Of American works.
Last nights concert. under
its able and literate conduc-
tor. Howard Mitchell. was q
demonstration Of artistic
hieh-minded policy that de-
serve national recognition
and support.
The Washington orches-
ira is a first-claSs ensemble.
1t is comforting TO know that
the Nations Capital can boast
such a cultural ornament. Its
conductor is serious and most
competent. He positively de-
stroys the silly myth that
musicians born and bred in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
Eddie Fisher Sent
To Bed With Fever

HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 7 Up
Eddie Fisher is confined to his
home with a fever his physician
says is due to a virus infection
His wife. actress Debbie
Reynolds. was in Palm Springs
when the singer was sent home
from a television rehearsal yes
terday. Mr.. Fishers doctor adj
vised Miss Reynolds at the des-
ert resort 10 avoid the danger
OF contracting his cold. She
Is expecting o second child.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
TOMORROW


UNITED STATES MARINE BAND, Maj.
John 0ssiipa. peornst. DANIEL PsIrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08

LAX, cornet. johannes Rasmussen.
cornet. william Jones, baritone De-
parlment OF Commerce Auditorium
Sis pm Rakoczy March Berlioz:
Leonore Overture No 2. Beethoven /:
Bolero. Smith symphonic Mstamor-
Weber. Hindemith: March for Band.
Opu. go .Prokoneti Spiritual for
Band. Reed RodeerS and Hammer
stein Selection. arr. Hunsberger, Sons
o. the Plea, Monssorgsky. Tulsa
,osToN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
Charles Munich, conductor. consti.
Fss, yV Overture nv BrshmsS'' Aq sym.
phony No .. Sessions: Symphonic
Pantastlaue. Berloz,
WEST, sontralto; Leo Taub-
$50 Pm. Asnas Del. Bissi; chi
vuol Ia Zingareiia, Paisiello: WALDORF
pupille, Handel An die Musk, Schu-
bert Seiiekeit, Schubert; Wiegenlied,
Schubert. Der Erlkonia, Schubert
Dem sIaSes hSSs Brs non SAND sa1S
Liebc brahms Divinites du Styx.
Gluck: -Four Gypsy Songs, pvoIak
Group OF Negro SplTituals, III Majo
Timido, 0ranadosi la Maia Dolo-
rosa. uranAdos. Fl Majo Discreio.
;ivic BALLET SOCIETY: University
OF Maryland symphony Orchestra,
joel ". Berman. conductor. Richie
Coliseum Colleae PARK, Nd, sac
pm. Coppella. Delibes.
FRIDAY
friday MORNING Music CLUB
Elizabeth Breed. violin, Donna Arm
strone, viola. Dorothy Jarvinen.
cello. Esther Ballou, piano. Mary
Kathryn Green, piano; Elba Camp.
Hail. 1850 am Plano Quartet,
Palmer; PArtitA in B. nat. Bach,
csTCl snsIn sd ,s ~ L S.I.h rS S,ss
consfsss, $50 pm. Ali-Bsch pro.
gram sonata No. ! In q; suite No.
4 for unaceompanied cello; English
suite No, 4 for harpsichord; Sonata
No. 3 In q minor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
TURNTABLE TALK
London's Old Vic
Records 'HomIet'

pect. on the fact that the
performance was before mi-
crophones instead Of an au-
dience. Fortunately It is only
occasional, and even then is
counterbalanced by the ease
and breadth Of infection per-
mitted by the same circum.
stance.
Paul Rogers and Coral
Browne. the Macbeth and
Lady Macbeth Of the Old
Vic's most recent visit here.
are impressive as King
Claudius and Queen Ger
trude. and Yvonne Mitchell
is an adequate although TO
me hardly memorable Ophe-
liza. The subordinate casting
has been suitably managed.
A narrator Is utilized unob-
trusively to set scenes where
appropriate. and there are
some helpful sound effects.
Cuts are negligible.
1t is instructive 10 COM
pare this venture with the
callously butchered 1851 one,
also Gielgud's. The COM
parison conclusively discred-
its condensation. at least as
far as Hamlet" is concerned.
One may hope this Ham
let" will find its way to the
ears, among others. Of those
OF impressionable age whose
taste for Shakespeare needs
to be bolstered against the
boredom Of the classroom.
This is Shakespeare Of a kind
too many students rarely
SAVIOR.
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PRO-BARTOK

Bartok's violin concerto is
now on the brink OF being
20 years old. Yet like so
much Of Bartok's music 1t is
played rarely and. presum-
ably. remains virtually I'M
known to the general con-
cert-going public.
This is a pity. and it is
also somewhat perplexing.
For the concerto is splendid
music. One would suppose
concert violinists would well
come a work by q composer
Of Bartoks stature in place