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Leigh, whose rigorous improvisational techniques have made him a guru of British theater (Goose-Pimples) and TV (Abigail's Party) for two decades, brings to his work the same anti-Thatcher animus that energizes much of today's British cinema. But unlike Laundrette and the rest, High Hopes derives much of its energy and some of its best comic strokes from a conscious, open acknowledgment that to be postmodern is also to be post-Marxist. In a time when people rise and fall freely, unhindered by traditional class structures, they become, according to Leigh, quite unhinged by their inability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Fable for Postmoderns | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

RENFIELD might make an interesting case for Abigail van Helsing, the doctor called in by Dr. Seward to solve his sister's mysterious illness. Of course, she immediately realizes that the illness is caused by a vampire...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Stage Fright | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

...congratulate Abigail McGanney for her eloquent and pithy article of last Saturday. With wit and elegance she champions the "experimental" cause in Harvard Theater, condemning the conservative elite and its oppressive, narrow-minded approach to the creative process. Her careful research helped her understand most of the intricate issues she brings together in her article. Her quotation of me, both accurate and in context, very successfully makes me look the fool...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Ex | 12/10/1987 | See Source »

Oxford lads Jack (R. Donivan Barton) and Charley (Marc D. Peters) have invited Kitty (Kris Alexander) and Amy (Abigail Shapiro) to lunch in order to propose to them. Charley's aunt, the pretext for inviting the girls, sends word that she can't come. Through a Plot Machination and an Incredible Coincidence, the boys find a substitute "aunt": their friend Fancourt (Adam L. Schwartz) in full drag. A Plot Machination or two later, both Jack's father, Sir Francis (Billy Salloway) and the girls' guardian, Spettigue (Jon Hill) arrive, and both take a shine to the "aunt." Things get worse...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: The Farce Side | 11/7/1987 | See Source »

News Editor: Shari Rudavsky '88 Night Editors: Julie L. Belcove '89 Mark M. Colodny '89 Jessica A. Dorman '88 Steven L. Lichtman '88 Jonathan M. Moses '88 Jeffrey S. Nordhaus '89 Editorial Page Editor: Abigail M. McGanney '87-88 Feature Editors: Andrea E. Monfried '88 Shari Rudavsky '88 Sports Editor: Mark T. Brazaitus '89 Copy Editor: Melissa R. Hart...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor for this issue: | 10/30/1987 | See Source »

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