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Indeed, Stoppard has always stood apart from many other British playwrights of his generation, like David Hare, for avoiding an overtly political (usually left-wing) point of view. He describes his politics as "timid libertarian." Yet he can rev up a pretty bold rant on Britain's "highly regulated society," which he thinks is "betraying the principle of parliamentary democracy." There was the garden party he threw recently, for example, where because there was a pond on the property, he was required to hire two lifeguards. "The whole notion that we're all responsible for ourselves...
What’s really spooky is the Princeton quarterback situation. First-stringer Bill Foran was concussed last week, backup Greg Mroz is also hurt, and No. 3 guy Brian Anderson looked incompetent in limited action last Saturday. Plus, the Tigers secondary that was picked apart by Pizzotti now encounters a Big Red offense that attempts more than 40 passes per game...
...apocalyptic idea of a perfect end in sight, but discarded God’s role in transforming society and handed humans the materials to catalyze progress. Gray details both the demise of Enlightenment thought and its resurrection in “modern revolutionary movements” while tearing apart the banners of present-day neoconservatives, Islamic terrorists, and liberal humanists alike. It may seem counterintuitive to portray Hitler as a child of the Enlightenment, but Gray traces a connection between Hitler’s attempt to remake Germany by force and eliminate Jews who would hinder the triumphal arrival...
...debut her latest play, “Weightless,” at the Perishable Theatre in Providence on Monday, Oct. 29. The play is about a family living on the top of skyscraper who don’t want to acknowledge that it’s slowly cracking apart beneath their feet.“It’s set in a mirror world, a distorted version of the current world a bit in the future,” Evans says.The play indirectly addresses the American public’s attitude toward international affairs, according...
...playing at the Science Center. It became clear to me that I missed science very much. My very first experience, we got the cover of Science [Magazine]! Displaying the unbridled enthusiasm of an emerging non-artist, Frankel is excited to talk of her past and present exhibits. Apart from an upcoming appearance on “Wired Science” on PBS, Frankel also exhibited 14 murals on the Champs Elysée in Paris. I know, isn’t that crazy? I never got to see it. They never paid me, by the way. I am convinced that...