1956-10-27 The New Yorker Magazine Contents 1956/10/27 — Cover by Abe Birnbaum Goings on About Town The Talk of the Town “The Best Four Years” by St. Clair McKelway “A Letter for Allhallows” a poem by Peter Kane Dufault “The Beam” by Nancy Hale “Old Faces of ’56” a poem by John Updike Onward and Upward With the Arts – Porgy and Bess in Russia: Part 2: The Meses Are Heard by Truman Capote The Theatre – In A Very Minor Key by Wolcott Gibbs Football – Man of the Hour by J.W.L. Early Journeys by Maddy Vegtel The Art Galleries – East Is West and West Is East by Robert M. Coates “Narrative Dirge for Wind Instruments – Or, Blow the Man Down” a poem by Philip W. Wrenn A Reporter at Large – The Campaign: Stevenson & Co. by Richard H. Rovere “The Mesa Land” a poem by Reeve Spencer Kelley Musical Events – New Operas by Winthrop Sargeant The Current Cinema – The World as Todd’s Oyster by John McCarten is about “Around the World in 80 Days” (less than a page) Letter from Llandudno by Mollie Panter-Downes The Race Track – Bumpety Bump by Audax Minor Books – The Man Inside by Anthony West