Television, Theater, Records, Cinema, Books: Jul. 9, 1965

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TELEVISION

THE DEFENDERS (CBS, 10-11 p.m.).*Douglas Campbell plays a pharmacist and Teresa Wright his junkie wife in "The Pill Man." Repeat.

Friday, July 9

F.D.R. (ABC, 8-8:30 p.m.). Roosevelt's evolution from Hyde Park patroon to internationalist, encompassing his early espousal of dollar diplomacy in Latin America, his Wilson-inspired support of the League of Nations, and his ultimate commitment to the good-neighbor policy and the U.N.

VACATION PLAYHOUSE (CBS, 9:30-10 p.m.). Another exhumation from the graveyard of TV pilot shows that died at birth, The Barbara Rush Show introduces a mother of three who supports her med-scholar husband by working as a public stenographer.

Saturday, July 10

WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). The British Open golf championship from Southport, England, and the Daytona Firecracker "400" stock-car championship from Florida.

Sunday, July 11

ZOORAMA (CBS, 5-5:30 p.m.). Penguins of all ranks and classes—kings, emperors, little blues and Galapagos Islanders—plus some footage on nearly extinct zoo inhabitants and a field trip to collect snakes.

NBC SPORTS IN ACTION (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). Highlights of the Henley Regatta from England and the 1965 International Grand Prix motor race from Daytona Beach, Fla.

Monday, July 12

CBS REPORTS (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). The long-awaited CBS examination of "The Rating Game," which explores network dependence on ratings in programming policies. ABC President Thomas Moore, CBS President John Schneider, former NBC President Pat Weaver and Rating Maker A.C. Nielsen Sr. are among those who are interviewed.

THEATER

Straw Hat

"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." Thus Shakespeare himself provides the reason why productions of his plays, flourishing in barns and parks beneath the stars, have become a hardy harbinger of summer. Nowadays, nearly every American is within a day's drive of some performance of the Bard. It may be spoken in Elizabethan English or Spanish with a New York accent, played by a professional repertory group or a traveling troupe, mounted in an authentic replica of the 16th century Globe Theatre or on a mobile stage truck.

In the end, of course, the play's the thing:

NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, New York City: Up in Central Park, Robert Burr plays the title role in Coriolanus with an able assist from James Earl Jones who also works out in Troilus and Cressida.* A mobile company, complete with dressing rooms, stage, and a 1,600-seat theater stowed into trucks, tours New York's five boroughs performing The Taming of the Shrew and Henry V in English and Romeo and Juliet en Espanol.

AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, Stratford, Conn.: Featured players this season are Philip Bosco as the noble-natured but uncouth general, Coriolanus; Lillian Gish as the malapert nurse in Romeo and Juliet; Morris Carnovsky in his-famed portrayal of King Lear; Ruby Dee as the knockabout Kate in Shrew.

STRATFORD FESTIVAL, Stratford, Ont.: Both parts of Henry IV and Julius Caesar. Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard has also been added to the repertory.

NEW JERSEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, Cape May: Antony and Cleopatra, The Merry Wives of Windsor. July 27-Aug. 8.