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6 C -- - ' MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. SUNDAY, JULY 91. 1860 Present for the opening night play of the here with Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur King, Spo- 1960 season of the Oregon Shakespearean kane. Mr. Lore is in Ashland to produce the Festival association were Mr. and Mrs. An- Festival's nation-wide broadcast for NBC. raw C. Love. Los Angeles, (at right) shown scheduled for early August. (Smith photo) . Mrs. Nion Tucker (right) of San Fran cisco was among the Bay area residents who attended the 1960 opening of the Oregon Shakespearean festival in Ashland July 25. Mrs. Tucker, who spends her summers at the Tucker'i ranch on the Rogue river near Prospect, is shown here with Mrs. Leo Hoag, Olympic Stamps Topic for Club The Southern Oregon Stamp club will meet Thurs day, August 4, at 8 p.m. at the Girls Community club. Mrs. Russell Herbert will speak on the 1960 Olympic Games stamps. A "swap pe riod" will follow. Refreshments will be serv ed. Anyone interested in stamp collecting is invited to attend. Helena Rubinstein Annual Save up to 50 FIRST LASTING HAIR COLOR RINSEI colorI 05 , :-HOUR DK SKIN Just four beautiful examples of the ten fsbulous values In this limited time sale. Come see, save! . UmllU Timt Onljl pttm pf.t IM HUDSON'S PHARMACY 613 Eait Main St. Medford, formerly of Prospect. Also pictured (upper right) are Mr. and Mrs. John Moffat, Medford, who were among the 1200 persons who attended The Feasting of the Tribe of Will and the opening night play, "Taming of the Shrew." (Smith photo) Filler's Frolic Set August 10 The executive board of the Southern Oregon Dental aux iliary met Wednesday to make final plans for the Dental pic nic Wednesday, August 10, to be called "Filler's Frolic." The event will be held in Lithia park, Ashland starting at 3 p.m. Dinner will be serv ed at 6 p.m. ' AH dentists and their fami lies are invited to attend. Buyt Color Lift! Hair Rinse, First rinse that lasts through five shampoos! 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Gives perfect outline. Reg. 1.00. 3.60 Value sale F Phon. SP 3-5345 Festival Director and Group Plays At Famous Theater in Kdttor's Nulc: Kitht valley rcsl. dtnu. Mr. and Mr, Altmis 1'rulU. Mr. nd Mri. Carroll Mlllrr. Mr. and Mri, Anitu llowmer. and Mr. and Mrt. A. C. Allen, are tourlns Kurop this lummrr. The Prnlltx lefi Medrord lail month iravriins by train and plane to New York. The Howineri traveled via Canada ttonnlnc at the Stratford Shake spearean theater. The two eonplea met In New York And will travel together to Kugland. The Aliens and aimers lelt lian rranelseo oy (retthter, coins thronth the l'ana- ma eanal to Kurope. The four eotiples will meet In the Hague and will tonr the rontlnent together. .Mrs. l'rultt, named "Journalist" for the group. Is reporting on their journey, iter second letter Is print ed today. Our six days on the French liner Liberte from New York City to Plymouth, England, proved delightful-the cuisine delectable. The Bowmers and Pruitts indulged far beyond intention. However, a piece of bad news reached us just be fore sailing from New York necessitating replanning. Be cause of a delay due to a dock - workers strike in Los Angeles, the Aliens and Mil lers, whom we were to meet at The Hague, would be a week late arriving In Europe. We hoped this would not af fect our schedules and reser vations seriously. Landing at Plymouth the morning of July 6. we step ped ashore on "this blessed plot, this England." During our train-ride to London on one of the small British trains we had our first glimpse of the beautiful green hedge rows. Used in place of fences to separate small fields, they are by many considered im practical because of the amount of tillable land they preempt. Hedgerows also pre vent efficient farming on large scale, as in U.S. Because every inch of land in England was needed In World War II, hedgerows were in many cases abolished. But British tradition is strong and hedge rows are now plentiful again. Aside from a sentimental at tachment for them, the British insist that the hedgero-vs serve as a shelter for wild life -for foxes, rabbits, and birds. Certainly with their absence, the British landscape would lose much. Watch Guards Next morning as we walked along Whitehall on the way to the American Express office, a big iron gate swung open before us and there appeared two lines of elegantly uni formed Guards in scarlet jackets and bear-fur busbies. Marching precisely by-so near we could see the "whites of their eyes" - they kept on go ing down a side street. Since their mission was unknown to us, we could only assume that the king's men marched up the street and they marched back again." The pageantry of the English is sometimes tedious to watch, as we found later in watching the Chang ing of the Guard, but they themselves seem to adore it. It rained hard on our first morning in London and pools of water reflected the green leaves of sidewalk sycamores, which line London streets al most everywhere. Red geran iums loomed In window boxes on the gray legdes of business buildings eeven to the highest story. Except for the white washing by starlings and pig eons, most of London's build ings are dark and grimy with smoke. However, the days of coal-burning are fast becom ing extinct, for several rea sons. Young Britishers shun mining as too monotonous, drab and dangerous, and the older generation of miners re fuses to adopt new working methods. Gas-fuel is rapidly replacing the coal fireplace and stove. Laws recently pass ed restrict the use of coal to factories and these must have devices which insure almost 100 per cent combustion. Along Fleet Street we saw considerable evidence of World War II bombing, though most of the demolished areas have been rebuilt or concealed by large billboards. In many of the shattered walls left standing, flowers have sprung up. After glancing Jnio me Lon don office of the Manchester Guardian, we located Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, quaint res taurant in an ancient alley just off Fleet Street near Dr. Johnson's House. In its dark beamed bar, Guinness and ale were being' served to Jaunty Britishers. Up a twisting stairs, in a charming bar-room with old fireplace and blue plates, we Inspected the First Edition English Dictionary by Dr. Samuel Johnson, 1755. We had lunch in the main dining room, called the Chop Room. With its original old sideboard hung with pewter mugs, rough hewn beams and scarred floor, the room looked authentic 18th century. As we were seated on straight hard benches, Almus indicat ed that I glance at a brass In scription on the wall above my seat which read: me favorite scat of Dr. Samuel Johnson. . . Born 15th Sept. 1709 - died 13 Dec. 1764." Later, as we left, our waiter told us that 11 was the most treasured teat In the house. Wo had been lucky by arrlv- r u if s , ' ? it , K It ( Among the guests at the Feasting of the Tribe of Will Monday in Lithia park, Ashland, were Mr. and Mrs. James Hatfield, Salem, cousins of Governor Mark Hatfield. Several hundred Shakespearean fans from many West coast cities were on hand for the colorful Feast and the opening night play in the Ashland Elisabethan theater. (Smith photo) ing at the least-rushed time of day. Above the seat next to it, on a smaller brass plate was another inscription: "This was the seat most frequently occupied by Charles Dickens. These were the only two in scribed seats in the inn. We ordered traditional roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, and steak and kidney pie, all prov ing excellent. Visit Cathedral Farther along Fleet Street we entered St. Paul's cathe dral which borr a few gashes from war bombing, but which otherwise appeared unscath ed. Angus recalled the indi dent, of a "dud" block-Mister which landed nearby and which, had it exploded, would have destroyed St. Paul's com pletely. Heroic experts, work ing frantically against time, disarmed the bomb at the risk of their lives. Both exterior and interior of the cathedral are Indescribably beautiful. We returned to Parliament Square by way of the Vic toria Embankment. The Thames teemed with pleasure craft, some leaving Charing Cross for such holiday points as Windsor Castle and Brigh ton. At St. Margaret's, near Westminster Abbey, we at tended a splendid duo-organ and choral concert of Handel and Purccll music, which made us wish for our mu sical friends the Werners and Windts. Sunlight streamed through stained-glass Gothic windows onto the musicians' faces. Almus declared that the intonation and acoustic's were as nearly perfect as he had ever heard. Afterward, we sat on benches in the Square, lis tened to Big Ben, and watghed the "bobbies" direct traffic, and the big red two-deck trams, Demlcrs, and tiny cars, whizzing past. A hansom cab drawn by a shiny, high-stepping bay, wheeled by. The Square swarmed with pigeons, starlings, and people. The Britisher paces purposefully along in bowler and dark suit, his furled umbrella, when it isn't raining, used as a kind of walking stick. Attend Plays The real reason - for our first visit to England was to attend two Shakespeare plays at the Old Vic, in connection with Angus' research pro gram. These plays would not be showing upon our return to England in August. While the exterior of the Old Vic Is unimpressive and might be simply any old theater, the in terior has a warm, intimate atmosphere with deep - red seat and floor coverings and deep-red stage draperies. A cream decor with scalloped edging encloses the orchestra. Prior to performance, orders for coffee are taken by the usher and delivered on a tray with biscuit to the seated cus tomers during the "Intervals," or Intermissions, for one shill ing, A live musical back ground is used sparingly but effectively with the plays. During the first "interval," a heavy fireproof curtain label PAINT WITH ed "Safety Curtain" Is lower ed briefly, in keeping with British law, to assure the audience of existing fire pro tection between stage and audience. Actors at the Old Vic re gard its stage with affection and humility. They come not merely to display themselves as actors but with a real sense of devotion which shows in their work; nt the same time they strive to keep produc tions creatively-fresh and not tradition - heavy. Much of Shakespeare plays better than it reads. This is especially true in the chronicle or his tory plays. Words in drama, as notes in music, are simply tools on which to hang the meaning; both performcrand listcnor must work to ferret out the significance. The actor can do wonders with gesture, voice inflection, and actions known as "stage business." But even more important is timing. And seldom have we witnessed such subtlety of timing as in the two Old Vic productions seen. See Richard II The first night we four at tended a performance of King Richard II. The cast was both talented and perceptive -direction superb. The first quality that struck us was the polished naturalness: obvious ly the English feel entirely at home with Shakcspcnrc. The sustained silences were deep ly Impressive, indicating both courage and confidence of actor-director know-how, to the extent of producing goose flesh. In some scenes the ac tors moved almost as a ballet troupe to point up an Impres sive speech. A head might be turned or an arm lifted, on a critical word, the silent actors thus pointing up the words of the speaker in an almost styl ized manner. S u c h a tech nique might easily have been carried to extreme, but, re served for a few big scenes, it was tremendously effective. If we should offer any criti cism it might be of Richard himself, played by Alec Mc Cowcn, whose attacks of speech at times seemed a bit too explosive. But in the end, the entire production served to point and shape the cogent humor, wisdom and simplicity of the world's greatest drama tist. The second night we saw King Henry V. Again, the cost was excellent, with many of the same actors agnln appear ing, but with a different di rector. And again, the timing was superb, with actors working- beautifully together -achieving that sharing of emotion known as "rapport." Actually, this production transcended that of the night before. The most moving scene occurred at the end of Act II when the conflict be tween England and France reached its climax. Perhaps a psychological sympathy was involved here, for the English well understand the differ ence between losing and win ning a war, and thus were able to Inject a special depth MEDFORD PAINT nf Wallpaper Store 6th t Holly Diagonally Aerois from Post Office PHONE SP 2-9321 We Give StH GREEN STAMPI Attend London of feeling beyond (he part of greiiscpaint drama, As we four moved from the theater, wo nil agreed Hint our two evenings nt tho Old Vic would be a highlight of our tour, mid certainly worth our effort to Ineludc It. My comment to Angus was, "I feel this is a git'nt oxpeiionct). Do you agree?" He did. And he added em phatically, "The best produc tion ' of cither play I have over seen." God Hill Society Announces Meeting Gold Hill - The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Gold Hill Community Methodist church will meet Friday, August 12, at the home of Mrs. Roy Eskln at 1 p.m. Instead of the homo of Mrs. Thomas Z, Smith as pre viously announced. Nixon Family Of GOP Campaign Picture By HELEN THOMAS United Press International Chicago -IUPD- Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon's fam ily has become a permanent part of his campaign picture. His phntvnglc wife, Pal, is known to millions. She is a veteran campaigner and has been at hrr husband's side through political battles and International missions. But his mother and his two daughters, Trlcla, 14, and Julie, 12, now are celebrities. Llko movie stars, they will be recognized everywhere and their autographs will be sought. This past week, climaxed by their presence on the con vention rostrum when their father delivered his accept ance speech, lias hoisted the Nixon daughters and their grandmother into the politi cal limelight. Had Been Sheltered Up to now, gay, bouncy Julie, and blond, shy 'Trlcla, have been sheltered from their father'! spotlight. Mrs. Hannah Nixon, his mother, lived a quiet, peaceful life at her home In Whlttler, Callf. far from the public glare. Today, the 75-ycn4--old GOP presidential nominee's mother gives interviews to reporters, smiles for cameramen, and POWER MOWER Clearance Sale Liberal Trade-in Allowance e Terms To Suit You Quality Nam Brands Fully Guaranteed HURRYI TRADE IN NOWI If you are dissatisfied with your eld mower, HURRY en down to ACME HARDWARE and er a really food mewar. L . '- . , ass.. - '"Hi all is in Chicaac Mrs. Dwlnht D. Wednesday "Oreat Ladles of America" luncheon during the Republican National convention la Chicago. Mrs. Richard M. 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