Television, Theater, Records, Cinema, Books: Apr. 8, 1966

TELEVISION

Thursday, April 7

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 1966 RINGLING BROTHERS, BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.).* Roy Rogers and Dale Evans are hosts for the 96th edition of the Greatest Show on Earth.

REVOLUTION OF THE THREE R'S (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). This special explores some of the innovations in school curriculum and teaching methods developed to correct the shortcomings of today's educational system.

Friday, April 8

COURT MARTIAL (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). Premiere. Joan Hackett guest-stars in the first episode of a series about two young lawyers assigned to the Judge Advocate General's office during World War II.

Saturday, April 9

MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT (CBS, 5-6 p.m.). The 30th annual tournament, with Jack Nicklaus defending his title against top U.S. and foreign professionals and amateurs.

GOLF WITH SAM SNEAD (NBC, 5:30-6 p.m.). Golf lesson for one and all.

Sunday, April 10

MUSIC OF THE RESURRECTION (NBC, 2-3 p.m.). An Easter special that will present music from the 5th century to the present, including works by Bach, Brahms, Poulenc and Tournemire.

CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR (CBS, 2:30-4 p.m.). "The World Ski Flying Championships" from Planica, Yugoslavia, features ski jumping that is twice as high (over 400 feet) and twice as long as usual.

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). "Jackpot in Libya" explores the ramifications of the oil strike in this desert country—2½ times the size of Texas.

BELL TELEPHONE HOUR (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). John Forsythe hosts a musical salute to spring, Passover and Easter. Guests include Richard Tucker, Gabriella Tucci, Nancy Ames, the Serendipity Singers and the Sholom Secunda Chorale.

Tuesday, April 12

CBS REPORTS (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). "The Other War in Viet Nam" will focus on Binh Dinh province, detailing the scope of the joint U.S. and South Vietnamese rural construction and development activities currently under way in key areas of South Viet Nam.

THEATER

MARK TWAIN TONIGHT! Hal Holbrook takes more than three hours putting on his Mark Twain makeup, but he has spent 13 years getting into Mark Twain's psyche. The result is a one-man show that is wise, warming and witty.

WAIT A MINIM! Light of hand, light of heart and light of foot, this musical revue from South Africa is keenly aware of and distinctly amused by more magnetic centers of civilization.

PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME! The immigrant is an archetypal role in American experience, and now from Dublin,

Playwright Brian Friel sends a reminder of the wrench at leaving the other side. As a double exposure of the young Irish hero, Donal Donnelly and Patrick Bedford do not miss a trick or a tear in the whole course of the show.

SWEET CHARITY. Gwen Verdon, danseuse distinguée of the U.S. musical stage, is fetchingly exuberant as a taxi dancer seeking a wagon for her unhitched star. Bob Fosse's choreography pumps vitality into Neil Simon's flabby book.

INADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE, by John Osborne, is one man's violent outburst at how he has marred his life and how life has mauled him. Poisoned arrows of wit and vituperation fill the air, and Nicol Williamson is an actor-archer with deadly aim.