The Theater: Turtle's Troubles

For lo! the winter is past,

the rain is over and gone . . .

Unhappy Producer Alfred de Liagre Jr. could find scant comfort last week in these lines from the Song of Solomon, source of the title of his standing-room-only hit, The Voice of the Turtle. In Manhattan and Chicago, the Voice's two companies were putting up a losing fight against winter, rain, snow and sniffles. First, Star Betty Field (who replaced Margaret Sullavan in the Manhattan cast last month) came down with flu. Hollywood's Florence Rice took her place. Then Actress...

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