Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Theoter
GroupGets
Sponsors

A committee Of prominent
Washingtonians has been or
sanized by Senator Hubert
Humphrey and Mr.. August
Heckscher, former White
House consultant on the
arts, to sponsor the Wash
ington engagement of the
National Repertory Theater.
November IS through De-
cember II.
The repertory theater viii
appear at the National Thea
ter in three great world
dramas. Anton Chekhov's
THE Seagull," Arthur Mil
ler's The Crucible" and Jean
Anouilh's Ring Around the
Moon"
Luminaries on the spon-
soring committee include Su-
preme Court justices. MEM
bers Of the cabinet and White
House staff. heads Of admin
istrative agencies, members
Of Congress, and prominent
scientists, educators and
diplomats.
They are expected to turn
out In force for the theater's
opening play, The Crucible,"
the Miller drama Of civil lib
critics starring Farley Gran
ger, Ann Meacham and Den
holm Elliott. Veteran Actress
Eva LeGallienne completes
the acting foursome and will
direct the Chekhov per-
Torrance.
Chief Justice and Mrs. Earl
Warren head q number Of
Supreme Court justices and
their wives who are members
Of the committee. They In
clude Mrs. John Harlan, JUS
tice and Mrs. William ].
Brennan, Justice and Mrs.
Tom Clark, Justice and Mrs.
William Douglas, Mrs. Ar
thur j. Goldberg. Justice and
Mrs. Potter Stewart and JUS
tice and Mrs. Byron White.
Cabinet members and their
wives on the committee in
clude the Secretary Of the
Treasury and Mrs. c. Doug
las Dillon, the Secretary Of
Defense and Mrs. Robert s.
Mcnamara, the Secretary Of
Health, Education and Wei
fare and Mrs. Anthony j.
Celebrezze, the Secretary Of
Agriculture and Mrs. Orville
L. Freeman and the Secre-
tary Of Labor and Mrs. w.
Willard Writ.
The British Ambassador
and Lady Ormsby Gore are
among a number of ambas-
sailors and their wives who
are sponsors for the repertory
t heater appearance here.
They include French Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Alphand,
Swedish Ambassador and
Mrs. Earring, the Danish
Ambassador, Count Kield
Knuth-Winterfeldt; and the
Austrian Ambassador and
Mrs. Platter.
Among high Government
officials who are on the COM
mittee are: from the White
House, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Schlesinger, jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. McGeorge Bundy, DR..
and Mrs. Jerome B. WieSner
and Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre
Salinger; from the State De-
partment, Chief Of Protocol
and MRS. Angler Biddle Duke,
Undersecretary and Mrs. w.
Averell Hartman, and Mr..
and Mrs. Walter c. Louch-
helm, jr., and from Congress,
Senator Kenneth B. Heating,
Senator and Mrs. Clifford P.
Case, Senator and Mrs. ].
william Fulbright, Senator
and Mrs. Jacob K. JavitS,
Senator Maurine B. Neuber-
ger. Representative and Mrs.
Abraham Ribicoff, and Rep
reSentative and Mrs. Frank
Thompson, jr.
Also on the committee are
DaSCrlcI commissioner wal
ter Tobriner and John B.
Duncan, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
D. AuchincloSs, Mrs. Robert
Low Bacon, Mrs. Adelyn
BreeSkin, Mrs. Zelda Fitch
andler, the Rev. Gilbert
Hartke, Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick
Hayes, National Symphony
Orchestra Conductor and Mrs.
Howard Mitchell, Mr.. Ger
son Nordlinger, jr., Mrs.
Jouett Shouse, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Walker, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward B. Burling, jr.