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October 9, 1949

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TWELFTH NIGHT'; Played in the Spirit of Shakespeare

By Brooks Atkinson

AFTER the opening of "Twelfth Night" last Monday evening someone remarked sardonically: "It's an awful lot like Shakespeare." As a matter of fact it is; and the skill with which Valentine Windt, the director, has managed to capture the improvised spirit of the original comedy is the distinction of this sunny salute to a new season.

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Notable Births

Mark Hopkinson

1949Mark Hopkinson, American mass murderer (died 1992)[†]

Mark Allen Hopkinson was a convicted proxy serial killer who was responsible for arranging the 1977 murders of Vincent Vehar, Beverly Vehar, and John Vehar, and the 1979 murder of Jeffrey Green, a key witness against him, in Wyoming. Hopkinson is the only person to have been executed by the state of Wyoming since the 1960s. Gerry Spence served as the special prosecutor who won the case against Hopkinson.

Rod Temperton

1949Rod Temperton, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (died 2016)[†]

Rodney Lynn Temperton was an English musician, songwriter, and record producer.