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Program for 'The Lion in Winter ~tenens FEATURING OUR SATURDAY NITE SPECIAL Prime Rib of Beef Au Jus Baked Potato with Sour Cream & Chives Vegetable - Salad - Coffee $3.50 ALSO MANY OTHER DELICIOUS ITEMS Stop in for dinner before the show or after the show for a late evening snack SERVING 7 DAYS & NITES FROM 11 A.M. till 2 A.M. 1501 UNIVERSITY AVE. EXTENSION PLENTY OF FREE PARKING For Reservations Call: 271-9635 or 271-9494 PARTY AND BANQUET ACCOMMODATIONS Consult Us For Your Banquets And Parties ... we will be glad to have you . WALTER SLEZAk in THE LiON iN WiNYEA by JAMES GOLDMAN also starring MARGARET PHILLIPS with ALEXANDER COURTNEY MICHAEL GOODWIN PETER HOWARD JAMES STORM and ELIZABETH FARLEY DIRECTED BY MILTON KATSELAS Scenery and Lighting by Costumes by Mr. Slezak's Costumes by CLARKE DUNHAM Will STEVEN ARMSTRONG SARA BROOK Produced on the Broadway Stage by EUGENE V. WOLSK, WALTER A. HYMAN. ALAN KING, and EMANUEL AZENBERG Tour Direction: Robert T. Gaus AssoC11tes. Inc .. 36 west 44th Street. New York, New York FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a red light Thoughtless persons annoy patrons and endan· and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the ger the safety of others by lighting matches or shortest route to the street. In the event of fire smoking in !)rohibited areas during the perform· or other emergency please do not run - WALK a nces and intermiss.ons. This violates a City TO THAT EXIT. c rdinance and is punishable by law. CAST Henry II, King of England •.••••••••.•..••••••••.• . WALTER SLEZAK Alais, a French Pr.incess .•••.••••••.•••••••••.• ELIZABETH FARLEY John, the youngest son •.•••••••.•.•••••••.•••••••• PETER HOWARD Geoffrey, the middle son •.•••••.••••••••••••••.• , MICHAEL GOODWIN Rich•d, the oldest son .•••••••••••••••••••• ALEXANDER COURTNEY Eleanor, Henry's wife, •.•••••.••••••••..•••••• MARGARET PHILLIPS Philip, King of France, ...............................AMES STORM UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitue for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is mode at t.he time of the per­ formance. For Mr. Slezak - John Benson; for Miss Phillips and Miss Farley - Celia Howard; for Messers. Courtney, Goodwin, Howard and Storm - Daniel Land is. Do Your Shopping At ATLANTIC SUPPLY HOUSE, INC. WITH PEE-WEE 6ane~ed eanned good~ AND Till and eond~men:t~ YOUNG SET NUT MEATS CANDIED FRUITS DRIED FRUITS SAT. FEB. 3 It 8115 FOODS IN BULK Reserved Seats Now! 350 CLINTON AVE. 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Clancy Jr. President NORTH AMERICAN VAN LINES THE TIME: Christmas, 1183 THE PLACE: Henry's Castle at Chinon, France Act I Scene 1: Alais' Chamber Early afternoon Scene 2: A Reception Hall Immediately following Scene 3: Eleanor's Chamber Short time later Scene 4: The Reception Hall Immediately following Scene 5: Eleanor's Chamber Shortly afterword Scene 6: Fhilip' s Chamber Immediately following INTERMISSION BELOW or ABOVE 1342-97&71 GROUND POOLS & POOL POOL PRODUCTS CHEMICALS & K~~ ~ ~partan. c 7 . r ~) aT•~ CLOVER POOL SUPPLY co., i~~ ~~ -::. ~ EXPLORE EUROPE Care of AMERICAN EXPRESS It's herelll The AMERICAN EXPRESS listing of its 1968 Europ­ ean Tours . The most colorful and complete tour folder ever list­ ed . Choose from 32 Different tours. Call , or write us today for your copy. 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Never­ the theater's most versatile and talented the less, his favorite childhood memories character actors, started life as a medi­ were listening to his father at a per­ cal student before fate cast him in the formance at the Metropolitan Opera role of an eminent actor. Years ago, House of "Othello." "The Lion in Winter• in his native Vienna, having difficulties marks the first time the internationally with his medical studies, he went to a famous star has touredAmericainaplay. sidewalk cafe with some friends. While In addition to his innumerable radio sipping coffee, Michael Curtiz, then cast­ appearances he has starred on such ing the film "Sodom and Gommorrah/ television shows as u.s: Steel Hour, spied him, liked his looks, offered him Playhouse 90, Suspense, Studio One, the juvenile lead in the picture and Hallmark Hall of Fame, and Omnibus, signed him on the spot. where he starred in the first television Slezak attended military school in presentation of Bernard Shaw's "Arms Vienna, and then went to the University and the Man." Mr. Slezak sang the part of Vienna. After appearing in the Curtiz of Zsupan in Johann Strauss' "The Gypsy film, he went to Berlin where he was Baron" in 1964 at the Metropolitan Opera signed by UFA and appeared innumerous with Lisa Della Cas a, conducted by Erich films as well as in a number of stage Leinsdorf, and in 1965 at the Vienna productions. Opera. He is one of the regulars on It was while appearing in a musical the Texaco Metropolitan Opera Quiz, in Vienna that he was seen by the and has written a best-selling book, Shuberts and brought to New York in "What Time's the Next Swan. • Since the thirties as the star of "Meet My 1964, he is a resident of Switzerland.
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