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This Kept

Them Awake All Night

GEORGE FORD

SEVEN ACT Ballet of

A of Christ,

danced in a church before a screened altar, is Italy's latest challenge to theatrical art.

The ballet was written by

Russian-born choreographer

and dancer Leonide Mässine.

ド

It was performed in the

mödieval church of San

Domenico in the ancient,

sleepy. Umbrian town of

Perugia!

The company was thirty- one strong.

Bome of the audience sat on football-field stands, mounted in the church for the occasion.

And the performance køpt all Perugia awake until the early hours as cowled nuns and shaven monks in the 2,600 audience applauded.

Pagan Music

NOT for seven hundred years has 'Rome allowed ballet in a church. It was stopped as being "pagan."

But to the same pagan music of those days adapt ed to Massine's, ballet based on medieval poetry this performance added sdf- realistió écenery stage lighting, programme selleta in the aisles, wild applause. and curtain calls.

This is how it was done.

The High nitar

Was

screened by gold semi-

circularebackdrop/behind

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WHAT HAPPENED TO MOVIE

FRANKLIN'S SHIPS?

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The cream of, naval officers desponte manch they abandoned McClare'a battered and indo

even their records. The Eskimos ed Investigator was preserved They tell in the jòà; Teady, to sink but not why saw them said: down and died as the walked supk. Even more impressive, and the skeletons confrmed alt the Resolute, often he was left over the 200 miles towards Back by her crew drifted 1,000 miles River that sow the ATER

Thỏ search trandicali

failure of that first; two-pronged expedition, were to retim again were under His doenthand when find dgain to the Arctic: To sea tria seasoned Polur craft, Erebus men

of the first built at the und Terror, sailed out of the nineteenth century the North Thames on May 18, 1845.

Two months west Passage was like

a witling later a Quest of the Holy Grail.

allcaplin tow, then tied up to an iceberg proparing to sailing Sevent) or 80 books alone through the middle pack into the shelf of Arctic exploration Lancaster Sound. They were fall of the voyages in witled, never seen again. each spring they sawed their We know, however, the route. theBellot they took ↑ Simo

JOHN ARLOTT

the stage. Each swimy tells the third in our series of

changing, dazzling acont

was revealed behind vast The World's Strangest Stories-the

red theatre curtains, rá

The

dunced Mystery of the Northwest Passage

in

company lyrical classical ballot in blazing high-toned medieval costumes the women swirling flared skirts, the men in brilliant tights and capes.

No Child

TN the first half, black-haired, IN

25-year-old Bianca Resi played the part of the Mother Mary in a swinging blue and lavender robe. But there was no Child., Instead

worship,

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EVER was Britain uncagined vessels out through more consciously the lee they had wintered in. In- mistress of the seas deed, James Clark Foss on his at 1829 to 1833, spent than in 1818.

Voronsecutive winters within The raan who had challenged her the Arctic. Leaving his sturdy supremacy was powerless in Victory ice-bound at Victory St Helena: the world of Bay he conducted vistaso-

Ho It W25.

who first national powers was respect, Journeys..

Tossed Roothla Felix and, sight ful and the geographical ing more land to the West, ex world y ready, like a map, plored it and mapped it to its for its last details to be farthest tip. So heavy were the fee and show that he did not completed in red.

aven notice that he had crossed

he frozen sca to reach what

The map of the Arctic was. estica King William Láng.

Franklin, in 1816

Incomplete: thedancers moved challengingly

32-ye around the Mother's empty on the nothern coastline, of arms. The three Kings danced America only two points had veteran of Australian explora an oriental solo of

beer filled in-where, Hearne tion, the battles of Copeningen inst New Orleans, returned and Mackenzle had traced and Trafigured the expedition the Coppermine and Mac again tom 1810, to: 1842, Panch kenzie rivers to their out- frant 1825 to 1827 to The

Shore of the Polar Se lets. This was the chal Shot lenge--but more should be locs, by canoe down the done. Where Frobisher, he underwent such privations as Davis, Baffin and Hudson nake it quite romaricable that, had falled the new genera he or any of his companions

lived through the trips, tion would 'succeed.

In the second half, Jesus appeared for to drst fime Fiorentine professional artiste handsome dark Angelo Pelt H&

dancing was restricted

was the only one whose slow rythmde mime of mude.

Alghlights

centuries "Passión ballet" American churches have been atrola present it were these:

On May 3, 1818, H.M: ships: Isabella, Alexander, Trent

In the Garden of deihsemane, Dorothes sailed from Lewicht

while Bearded St. Peter

with instructions that two should

rivers, and. In the open Arctic

NEVER SEEN

He was rewarded" " with

danted remorse and - derpelt make their way round the north knighthood and the governor

round

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN

p them into Davin Streak f

Fráidlin'd ships we parties; set, put: ly, reinforced to stan Soon the Clovero-, sure of the ice and

than between.

Strait was not knogry, then with the faber" of ge

nated between Somerset Islam his men Lady Trinkho; font- and Prince of Wales Inlanck in ever, could not restyi evel after

Ham Land

Land. Alas, that strip of had disappeared. **

back to back with a depraved coast of Russia and two in ship · of Taaraadini; „Erst to reen the.northernt, dip of King! Wien all hope of giving her Htuband

patet evž looking Judas;

So confident were of the voyages of «aüberque, land tápped by the the hopedics had killed she:

Franklin

"not

After, the värings others

backed

the north of Ameriere to meet

In the cons

of the Admiralty Arctic explorers Ros whón - Jenis is their

the World knew then scourged and crowned with that the venture would, succeed the Rosses; Simpson; Lyon, 200 no one lik

#King! thám?" Hải, Blue figure

that they Jared elaborate orders and Back with a disturbing; an

I was land! Sanitast with 196 ? căpe hirled for the meeting of the four hunger. In 1843, when

decided to stock that could have comt for the sell tlebs, frban, (Beituhatak- round the stage, like a rag doll, aiigis in the Bering Strait, ·

coutitry.. by Roman soldiers;

Amena

ma thy, offers of the ex- Ross, deal only plaliusalling of Simpson Stealt search from the Pacific Ad

Ex-Ross declined.. the com pedition were dobis Frank, the ground that he wildo, and Queen Maid Golls Bushe Kandic for the mo

Last Rites

the Ascension

Dalvary, the arure-oka staggered up a series of twistin Phacenta, among dancing," whip" carrying Romany The stamp Ing and giving of the last film Looked... · Niko the Communist clownă-fist salute until the moment, when they atripped Jesus to the whist and lifted himpi lööking like 'Florentine. masterplace, to the Crow

„James Clark Rom. Franklin, at 09:19 vente i dla: es was the trapikow “Viktory, another must have passed with big.

Balime, George Back centar Amparturied

ard Parry then who, Lords to be allowed to go. They Gönctive and early, hésitantly degreedAKANAN DA

As atvered by it.

Point and into the fury of the few miles of thei eat fecibes hinting as they they were still miten struggled towards-that warmer Werk clear water which was also his were gathered

Blowly the ice cá ships: westward, open, sen»nolite

whi

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was not until:1856% that: tock traced arck, pros the indtrek of the

Franklin's expedition inted marer mappe route, Amind en

the first maza, ‹ tick`simli

CHOST SHIP

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