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Mama at V=fi rumw lt entertainment tratfords Richard III Standing ovation for Bedford By JAMES NELSON STRATFORD Ont CP cheering standing ovation greeted Brian Bedford in direc tor Robin Phillipss production of Shakespeares Richard III on Wednesday night the un doubted highlight of this 25th Stratford Festival season As the humpbacked vil lainous duke who usurped the throne and died on Bosworth Field to end the War of the Roses Bedford commanded ev ery scene in which he appeared Except for his scarlet corona tion robe Richard III was cos tumed in evil black holding one blackgloved and supposedly wizened hand in his lap But what Bedford could do with his one good hand and thunderous voice only occasionally drop ping to whisper electrified the audience Sharing in the ovation were the actresses playing the Three Queens the ones who suffered most from Richards mur ders Maggie Smith as Elizabeth widow of King Ed ward IV Martha Henry as Lady Anne who briefly became Richards wife until she was quickly put to death when he no longer needed her and Margaret Tyzack as Queen Margaret widow of Edwards predecessor Henry VI Modern historians say that Richard III was not all as bad as Shakespeare and older histo rians painted him But as Phil lips said months ago when the season was being prepared he was directing Shakespeares play not history LEADERSHIP COLLAPSES And the play is properly titled the Tragedy of King Richard the Third The tragedy is two fold the collapse of Richards leadership after grasping power and the tragedy for his FRIDAY EVEN lNGVlEWlNG 600 7Movie The Great 1130 74 HMNEWS American Cowboy 2Johnny Carson 37Movie The Fast 9Stars on Ice dMovie The Hanging Lady ltHamilton Science Tree 52A Hours and EngineGring 7Movie The Man 9Detinition Fair Who waPolka Dot Door l9Horizon Reclaimed His 25Nouvelles 77C0d9 Head 797CITY Show 30 22Gong Show Day 830 79Movie Forever and ttLarry Salway l9Nightmusic 22Opposite Opposite 9New5 9Rocktord Files Sexes ll Party Game STBA 79vMoney 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Son 1105 3Movie TBA Mary Tyler Moore 75 Cinema 5500 Action Auction 320 9lronside 35 News Continued on Page 17 Almost complains of work By NANCY ANDERSON Copley News Service HOLLYWOOD The Michael Yorks and the Roger Smiths became so chummy while Michael and Ann Margaret shes Mrs Smith were working together in The Last Remake of Beau Geste that the two couples got together again in the Virgin Islands where Michael was tiol ing in The Island of Dr Moreau heavy suspense dramaforAlP And the Smiths like the locale so well they said they may vacation there again whenever their schedule allows Michael has been going form one picture to the next working so steadily that during the final week of his Dr Moreau chores he was almost comw plaining that he hasnt had ai holiday since August But really dont mind he said because if it werent for thses pictures might not be able to travel However he would like to do more films that are contem porary because like Charlton Heston and the late Errol Flynn hes become cos tume actor the player proi ducers think of when they want someone to wear tights toga or plume in his hat Not only are The Island of Dr Moreau and The Last Remake of Beau Geste period pieces Michaels other films have included Logans Run The Three Musketeers The Four Musketeers CabaretRomeo and Juliet and Murder on the Orient Express none set in the present Possibly his British training has had something to do with this casting His fellow Britisher Johni Mills once averred that train ing in classical theater teaches fellow what to do with hisi hands when he has no suit pickets so that an actor whos undergone that rigorous discipline doesnt look awkward bereft of contem porary jacket Michaels training is classical in that he studied AngloSaxon among other things at Oxford before audi tioning for Sir Laurence OliVier at the Old Vic and beingaCc peted by Britains National Theater So no wonder he knows how to wear suit without pickets Nevertheless he considers himself thoroughly contem ra man p0Olfyl hope am he Says feel very much at home in the present lllllllill victims and for the women left behind Its wellknown tale in cluding the murder of the prin ces in the Tower of London Prince Edward and Prince Richard and the murder of Richard IIIs brother the Duke of Clarence whose body was dumped into vat of wine After seizing the throne and dispatching most of his enemies to various tombs or dungeons Richard is deserted by some of his friends begins to lose com mand and then faces young Henry Earl of Richmond in battle Henry kills Richard in hand tohand combat and the crown is tossed into thicket where it is recovered and put on Henry VIIs head He Lancastrian marries Elizabeth of York after the action of the play thus unit ing the two warring houses into the first of the Tudor dvnastv Richard III directed by Ty rone Guthrie and starring Alec Guinness was the first play staged at the Stratford Festival 25 years ago This therefore was commemorative produc tion USES MICROPHONES Phillips pulled out all the stops on the great organ of theatre the festival now has in cluding facilities not known in 1953 Whenever Miss Tyrack pronounced any of her many curses on Richard microphones were used with delaying effect to give her voice hollow metallic ring The great battle scene swirled with smoke through which emerged almost dozen fullyarmoured hdrsemen on prancrng steeds As they par ted the audience caught glim pses of bowmen swordsmen and veritable battalions of ac tors in handtohand combat showbiz TALLAHASSEE Fla AP work crew for Goodwill In dustries came upon an unusual item in one of the charity col lection boxesa $2200 rhine stonestudded suit Countrywestem star Freddy Fender had reported it stolen and the thief had called police to tell them it was in Goodwill box The police asked Goodwill to keep an eye out Fender happy to have his suit back said he wont press chargesif and when the thief is arrested Neil Sedaka to play CNE TORONTO CP The Cana dian National Exhibition has announced it has signed Cana dian singer Burton Cummings and Neil Sedaka United States singer for its summer grandstand show It also has come to agreement but not signed contracts yet with Cana dians Hagood Hardy Patsy Gallant and Rene Simard to ap pear in one show Guest spot NEW YORK AP Lester Maddox is joining the ranks of politicians turned television personalities The former Georgia governor and segregationist who recen tly launched nightclub routine with black man has been signed by NBC for guest per formance in comedy special to be shown in September NBCs announcement Tuesday did not say how much Maddox or his partner will receive Maddox and Bobby Lee Fears whom Maddox pardoned while he was governor bill their act The Governor and the Dishwasher Maddox plays the harmonica Fears strums guitar and they received mixed review when they opened on stage last mon thin Orlando Fla midnight 20 109 Bradford St 11111815 gout THANKS The Gong at 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Allens life far from it But he deals with his own fell ings through the character of Alvy Singer confronted with the various situations that oc cur throughout his life especially in dealing with women Starring along with Allen in this film are two quite talented Barrie 12 Grand Prizes of $1 Million each Grand Prizes of $100000 each HI Loto Canada stars hes worked with before Tony Robert snad Diane Keaton Both of these fine ac tors played with Allen in his broadway hit Play It Again Sam and then both appeared in his film version as well Diane Keaton has also starred in several other Allen films such as Sleeper and Love and Death But remember her best as Al Pacinos wife in the classic The Godfather 300W IM Hostile reception LONDON Reuter new Tennessee Williams play re written since its ilLstarred de but in Boston last year re ceived hostile reception from British critics today The Red Devil Battery Sign which opened Wednesday at the London Roundhouse Theatre failed to impress the reviewers who saw it as reworking of vintage Williams material It seems that his personal Presented by for Williams play obsessions are now expanding public domain writes Wardle in The Times play as cataclysmic into the Irving describing the sprawling piece It is not of course politi cal work he says and con cedes that the domestic scenes are good John Barber writes in The Daily Telegraph Lurid melodramatic over LITTLESHILL PLAYERS Georgian Theatre June TO II 800 pm Tickets $350 $250 Seniors and Students Available at Trites Gift Shop Jones Stationery Allondole Drugs Brass Glenn Dunlap St or 7283354 CINEMAS 7269944 EMMA written and often absurd the new Tennessee Williams play is still poem by Tennessee Wil liams It is the work of great tal ent in ruins but the voice be hind the talent makes its ang uish heard The author has said that his play is about the moral decay eating at thelieart of Amerigi Try Our Famous MIBAMAB MIVENTIIITE AVariety of Chinese Foods was our SERVICE 7266101 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Sparkling WitThe Rev Frederic Brussat Cultural lntorrnation Service At its besthigh wit and inspired sillinessNasty Habits suggests Midsummer Nights Dream of Watergate The con ception does not require that the actresses impersonate the Watergate troupe Its comic bonus that Sandy Dennis wearing big round specs and grinning like rabbit isnt just cartoon of John Dean smilingshes John Dean crossed with Amy Carter Even those who voted for Nixon may be able 10 laugh at Nasly Habiis Pauline Kaat The New Yorker HER DEADLIEST WEAPON is HER BODY ELD OVER 2ND WEEK AT 715 915 PM Thee outrageous comedy recommended as ADULT ENTERTAINMENT DRUT PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS GEORGE DARRIELRODERT ENDERS PRODUCTION GLENDA JACKSON MELINA MERCOURI GERALDINE PAGE SANDY DENNIS ANNE JACKSON ANNE MEARA SUSAN PENHALIGON HABITS also ironing Hildeqorde ox PR Priest as Manmilicm osMonsrgnor Music by JOHN CAMERON Executive Producer GEORGE BARRIE adopted from The Abbess of Crewe by MURIEL SPARK Written for the screen and 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