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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...worthwhile, then, to spend an evening watching two unappealing characters engage in a verbal slugfest? As in the plays of Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee (two acknowledged Strindberg emulators), the reason is that the struggle takes on an almost metaphysical significance--provided that the actors are in fighting shape. Fortunately, both Goldman and Hurewitz can cut the mustard, and they attack their roles (and each other) with relish...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Guns of August | 4/14/1989 | See Source »

...flip side, Michael Townley (Jack Worthing) is almost unbearably stiff and stagey. Not only does he stumble over Wilde's (admittedly tricky) cadences, swallowing lines right and left, but he consistently hits the jokes on the off-beat...

Author: By Glenn Slater, | Title: In Wild Earnest | 4/14/1989 | See Source »

...heart of Jamaica Plain lies a sprawling garden that is visited almost daily by wide-eyed apprentice gardeners who are generally under four feet tall...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: Arnold Arboretum Follows Teaching Path | 4/13/1989 | See Source »

...Africa, the disease is spread primarily by heterosexual intercourse and affects men and women in almost equal numbers. However, in the United States, victims are largely male homosexuals and drug abusers, and men outnumber women about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Study Warns of Massive AIDS Epidemic | 4/13/1989 | See Source »

...have 265 acres of plants, more plants gathered together than almost any other place on earth," says Garry Koller, the managing horticulturist at the arboretum. "There...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Walking With Buzzy | 4/13/1989 | See Source »

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