San Diego Prepares for 8th National Shakespeare Festival at Old Globe
Southwestern Jewish Press, July 12, 1957, Page 5
The San Diego 8th Annual National Shakespeare Festival is scheduled for the Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park July 19 through September 1.
Plays to be presented each night at 8 p.m. are “King Lear” and “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare and “Knight of the Burning Pestle” by Frances Beaumont.
San Diego’s National Shakespeare Festival is presented amid ideal surroundings. The Old Globe Theatre is the truest replica existing today of the London Globe Theatre of Shakespeare’s own day. Situated in a grove of eucalyptus trees and facing a broad green, the theatre offers its outstanding programs in colorful Elizabethan style.
The festival schedule will open with “King Lear” which will be given July 10, 20, and 21. “The Tempest” then will open on July 22 and continue July 23 and 24. July 25, 26, and 27 will see the opening of “Knight of the Pestle.” Thereafter, the plays will be given nightly in rotation so that Festival patrons may see all three plays in three nights.
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Deceased
Southwestern Jewish Press, July 12, 1957, Page 5
Paul Roth, aged 66 years, died July 9. Funeral services were held at the Merkeley Austin Mortuary, with Rabbi Baruch Stern officiating.
Surviving him are his wife Ethel, his mother and son, Marshall.
Mr. Roth was a member of the Beth Jacob Synagogue. The Logan Heights business men have donated $50 in his memory for trees to be planted in Israel.
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Summer Symphony Presents Pianist
Southwestern Jewish Press, July 12, 1957, Page 5
George Sementovsky, brilliant young pianist, will be guest soloist with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Shaw, July 16, at the second of a series of seven summer concerts in Balboa Park Bowl. Concert time is 8:30 p.m.
Sementovsky will play two noted works for piano and orchestra. The first will be the Mozart Concert in B flat, K595, a composer whose works Sementovsky is especially familiar through study at the Moazarteum Academy in Europe. The second will be the popular Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2.
Robert Shaw and the San Diego Symphony will open the July 16 concert with the Overture to Die Meistersinger by Wagner and also will play the White Peacock by Griffes.
The first of the Inside Music Concerts by the San Diego Symphony will be heard Friday, July 19, at 8:30 p.m. at Hoover High School Auditorium with Julius Herford and John Wustman, pianists, as soloists with a String Quintet in a program of Bach and Haydn.
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Sr. Sponsors Hold “Coketail” Party
Southwestern Jewish Press, July 12, 1957, Page 5
A Coketail Party will be hosted by the Senior Sponsor Committee of the JWB Armed Service Committee of San Diego, Tuesday, July 16 at 8:00 p.m. at Temple House.
Invitations have been sent to active and prospective Junior Hostesses by Mrs. Benjamin Passel, Party Chairman.
Jewish girls between 17 and 25 interested in becoming Junior Hostesses are asked to please contact Miss Sherman at the Armed Services Committee office, BElmont 2-5172, for further information.
A short program highlighting the Junior Hostess activities will be presented by members of the Senior Sponsor Committee.
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‘South Pacific’ Is Next Star-Light Hit
Southwestern Jewish Press, July 12, 1957, Page 5
“Guys and Dolls,” one of Star-Light’s most successful musicals will close its run in Balboa Park Bowl Sunday night to make way for the Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece, “South Pacific” which will open an eight-night run, Thursday, July 18.
This second production in Starlight’s 12th summer season of bringing Broadway to San Diego, will be a revival of the 1955 presentation, which broke all local records for attendance at a stage show, more than 44,000 fans jammed into the big bowl in the park to see San Diego’s version of the outstanding Broadway success.
Most of the cast will be the same as that of two years ago. John Powell, currently starred in “Guys and Dolls,” will recreate the role of Emile de Becque, the French painter. Jean Hermes will again play the Navy nurse, Nellie Forbush. Maxine Edwards, as Bloody Mary; Charlie Cannon as Luther Billis; Bobby Finch, his stooge, Stewpot; F. Allen Richardson, tough and hard-boiled, as Cmdr. Harbison; are all from the 1955 company.
For the benefit of last-minute patrons, the box office at the top of the bowl will open all day on Sunday. Special buses leave Horton Plaza, 3rd and Broadway at 8:00 on all performance nights, returning patrons downtown immediately after the performance.
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James and Pamela Mason Star in New Play
Southwestern Jewish Press, July 12, 1957, Page 5
Audiences seeing the American premier of “Paul and Constantine” at La Jolla Playhouse this week are enjoying an opportunity of previewing a mirthful romantic comedy which will soon be seen on TV and perhaps on Broadway and in movie theatres.
Glamour is added to the entertainment by the fact that starring in person on the La JOlla stage are James Mason, his wife, Pamela Mason, and the exciting new MGM star, Taina Elg, the young Finnish ballerina and actress who is co-starred with Gene Kelly in his latest picture “Les Girls.”
The play, written by a friend of the Masons, Dario Bellini, was brought to Playhouse producer John Swope by Mason himself with the thought of trying it out for Broadway, TV and the films. Since its opening at La Jolla Playhouse last Tuesday night, Mason has announced that whatever stage plans may develop for the play after La Jolla, he intends to appear in a TV production of it in the very near future.
“Paul and Constantine” will run for the next ten days closing Sunday night, July 21st. It will be followed by another important production, Graham Greene’s exciting drama, “The Potting Shed” with an all-star cast including Gladys Cooper, Leo G. Carroll (TV’s beloved “Topper”) Cecil Kellaway, and Stephen Bekassy.
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Jr. Charity League
Southwestern Jewish Press, July 12, 1957, Page 6
The final meeting of the season for the Junior Charity League was held at the home of Mrs. Sam Sosna, with Mrs. Lou Moorsteen acting as co-hostess. Tables were set in the sunny patio, with 24 members present. At a Mother-Daughter meeting in May, the club decided to take in all the daughters of members thus almost doubling the present membership… Daughters-in-law were also eligible… Election of officers then took pace as follows: Pres., Gertrude Harris; Vice-Pres, Estelle Rottman; Tres., Selma Moore; Secretary, Freda Nestor; Soc. and Corr. Sec. Bebe Goldhammer.
The organization participates in all local charities, doing special work recently with the Retarded Children’s Assoc., and participates nationally with a large don ation to the United Nations International Emergency Children’s Fund … UNICEF.
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As the Psychologist Sees You
Southwestern Jewish Press, July 12, 1957, Page 6
By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant
Further Report on Delinquency Abroad
Italy has a peculiar outlook toward juvenile delinquency which is more economic than cultural. Living conditions are very poor in the country with the average worker getting about $1.50 a day With a large family and low standard of living, family members are forced to contribute to the total family income as soon as they are able. There is little available for the pleasure of life and little children soon learn devious ways to make a few cents, whether it is by shining shoes, selling fruit along the roadside, or taking things from unsuspecting tourists. While the government frowns on this, it is often difficult to apprehend these youngsters. Children are on their own a great deal after they reach an age of about ten and the social agencies make every effort to unite family ties. Special schools for orphans and neglected children have been established. Physical and economic care programs have been established. Religious leaders work with young boys and girls to get them off the street.
In Switzerland there is a feeling of unrest and insecurity which previous tourists did not find on their visits. The threat of war has caused a need for the accumulation of material things and both parents frequently work long hours. Juvenile delinquency has increased but not in the same proportion as the population. With each canton having its own laws it is difficult to have a unified system of delinquency prevention. However, many private organizations operate either within the cantons or in one case on a country wide coverage. Programs for educational and vocational guidance, child care, and a better use of leisure time have been promoted. Attempts to decrease the extent of prostitution, which was on an increase, have been strengthened.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hadassah
Southwestern Jewish Press, July 12, 1957, Page 6
Mr. and Mrs. Hadassah will have a day of picnicking on Sunday, July 14, from 10 a.m. ’till sundown. Tbe Shady Rock Ranch has been reserved and offers facilities and equipment for all kinds of games for children and adults.
All young marrieds in the community are invited to come. Bring your own food–barbecue grills are on the premises. Drinks and watermelon will be served.
The ranch is located in Alpine to the right of Highway 80 on Marshall Rd. For reservations contact Hal Hoffer, AT-2-9640.
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City of Hope
Southwestern Jewish Press, July 12, 1957, Page 6
Over 1000 Delegates and Representatives at the 1957 Convention of the City of Hope’s 339 Chartered Auxiliaries from all part of the United States, this week, are witnessing the dedication of three outstanding projects: “The Elsinore and George Machris Hospital and Cardiac Clinic–which contains five major surgeries; “The Isaac Grancell Playground” — for young patients in the Children’s Wing: and the unique, pioneering, “Bloomenson-Hope Village” — a housing development for patients and their families, which will eventually consist of 190 apartements, a model shopping area and a recereation and administration building.
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