Television, Theater, Records, Cinema, Books: Jul. 29, 1966

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WASHINGTON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, Washington, D.C. In the Sylvan Theater at the foot of the Washington Monument the company will perform The Winter's Tale.

ASOLO THEATER FESTIVAL, Sarasota, Fla. Much Ado About Nothing shares the spotlight through Aug. 27 with Molière's The Miser, Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Eugene Ionesco's The Bald Soprano.

UTAH SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL, Cedar City, Utah. The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Through July 30.

OREGON SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL, Ashland, Ore. America's oldest Elizabethan theater group, in its 26th season, which will run through Sept. 11, performs A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello, The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Henry VI, Part 3. Matinee audiences will see The Beggar's Opera Aug. 16 through Sept. 9.

OLD GLOBE THEATER, San Diego, Calif. The 17th National Shakespeare Festival will perform Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest and The Two Gentlemen of Verona in their replica of the Globe Theater. Through Sept. 11.

RECORDS

Folk Music

BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE: Little Wheel Spin and Spin (Vanguard). Buffy is strong on conviction, whether she is singing as a Cree Indian protesting the injustices inflicted on her people (My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying), or as a mother crooning a spine-shivering lullaby (Winter Boy). She is best when she accompanies herself on the vibrant mouth-bow or guitar, and least satisfying when her own pure style is hoked up with electric guitar and bass.

THE ROBERT DeCORMIER SINGERS: The Folk Album (Command). A wholesome-sounding chorus of young Americans tackles two centuries of folk tunes, and proves for the most part that sound musical training, plus a lifetime of Mom's apple pie, does not produce the passion necessary for suffering songs of the Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie type. Nevertheless, some of the old campfire favorites (So Long; Good Night, Irene) are effectively revived.

TOM RUSH: Take a Little Walk with Me (Elektra). Rush is not the man to whine about the ugly old world. He sings as a lively young man less concerned with eternal verities than with simple joys: wandering and women and money. In fine, rich voice, he moves through finger-snappers from the 1950s (You Can't Tell a Book by the Cover; Sugar Babe), making them bis own with easy style and grace.

IAN AND SYLVIA: Play One More (Vanguard). Just about the most pleasant-sounding folk twosome within hearing offers what is sure to be the couple's fourth bestselling album—this time country-and-western tunes. These young Canadians have gone successfully from pure folk to an electric-guitar background that suits their rhythmic way as they weave together songs of loneliness and love, mostly unrequited.

RICHARD AND MIMI FARIÑA: Reflections in a Crystal Wind (Vanguard). Bitter protest by Joan Baez' sister and late brother-in-law, who were making quite a name for themselves among fans of this sort of thing before Richard was killed in a motorcycle crash last May. Backed by an electronic wonderland (piano, guitar, bass, plus drums, harmonica, dulcimer, celesta), and using a smoky, Hoagy Carmichael beat, they sing the House UnAmerican Blues Activity Dream and the Sell-Out Agitation Waltz. Sample lyrics: