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Properly viewed, the play is just as timely today as it was in 1673. Despite its title, it is not just a portrait of a hypochondriac; nor is it just another volley in Moliere's life-long campaign against Baroque medical quackery and incompetence. The main theme of the play...
Lilli calls him "Harrisburg." Alternatively, she refers to him as "the youngest Blimp" with a mixture of affection and exasperation. Often she has tried to moderate his irritable perfectionism, which can result in his berating other actors. "Afterwards he's sorry, but no one is around then," she says...
The mystical ties that bind the Commonwealth (née 1926 the British Commonwealth) get more mystical each year. Its 650 millions are not united by allegiance to the Crown (India and Pakistan refuse it), or by common culture, or by language, religion or policy. The nine Commonwealth Prime Ministers...
As the pennant chase continued, an old clutch-hitter with a reputation for breaking up tight ball games and a well-known affection for Harriman was asked what he thought of the current crop. Said Harry Truman in Southampton just before heading home from his European tour: he didn'...
We are told that surgery makes the President fit for another four years in office, in fact, "he is better than ever." Before his illness, we were is told that he was "as good as ever." If he is improved now, he must have improved from some former condition of...