Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-19

speculation as 10 WIldJ rICll
Stars drama department. May
be. someone suggested, it is
running a show plane to Paris
for the spring can-can season.
This was a feeble enough jest
to start with. 1t soon turned out
to be almost no joke at all. For
Air France is seeking theater
devotees with some loot to
SPEND for a show plane jaunt,
by TOT jetliner. Not only France
but several other centers OF
culture more or less adjacent
are on the itinerary.
The tour. obviously planned
by someone confident that the
plastic bomb menace would
soon be no more, starts IN Paris
with a performance of Faust"
and a look around the famed
opera house. Next stop will be
a visit to Versailles. for an
inspection of the theaters where
royalty was entertained there.
Copenhagen is the next stop,
for three days, with visit to
the Royal Danish Ballet and
a quick course in the history
and development of theater in
Denmark on the agenda. Next
up will be a five-day sampling
of London theater fare. includ-
ing John Osborne's Luther"
and an Old Vic production.
London will be followed by a
day at Stratford-on-Avon,' a
night at the Birmingham rep
and a jaunt to Dublin to see
what the Abbey Theater is up to.
The plush show plane is
scheduled to leave New York
on March 9, departing Dublin
on the return trip on March Is.
You can get all for mere
$786, not including tips to Paris
usherettes.
II Il
THE LOCAL SCENE - The
Washington Ballet Guild is
about to embark on a program
designed to make balletomanes
of more WaShingtonians. It's
a two-part project including a
series of lectures by famed
figures of the dance world and
a talk-and-d demonstration show
called Ballet and Training the
Dancer" This latter affair is
available for meetings of civic,
social and community organ
izations. It includes a talk by
Faye Atkinson with illustra-
lions of what she's talking
about by members of the Wash
ington Ballet. First lecturer in
the World of Dance" series
will be Ted Shawn, to be heard
at II am, March 9 at the
Sulgrave Club. :. That prom
Uses to be quite an evening
when Judith Anderson appears
at Lisner Auditorium on March
10. The first half of her pro-
gram is devoted to "a cohesive
selection" from Macbeth
the letter scene, the planning
of the murder, the murder, the
pre-banquet scene and the
sleep-walking scene. Miss An.
derson, after rest for herself
and audience, follows this with
almost all of the two final act!
of "Medea," with only minol
characters and relatively un'
important moments deleted.
"The Miracle Worker" arriving
at the National Theater OF
March S with Eileen Brennan
starred, will be the eighth of
fering of the Theater Guild
ATS season. Ninth and fina
play in the subscription serie
will be LA Plume de Nj
Tante," due on March 10.
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BUSY WARRIOR - Dairy
Zanuck. filming the story of D
Day, 1.-THE Longest Day." i
France, got himself involved il
two wars at once. The othe
one is with David Wolper. Nj
Zanuck charged awhile bac
that he was not using any stoc
footage in his picture becaus
no films made on D-Day are i
existence. Everything purport
ing to be, he declared, actual
was made on a later date. M,
Wolper, preparing a TV sho
on the same D-Day. natural