Word: ares
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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"Talk to yourself," Boesman replies. "Your words are nonsense."
A shocking drama about Willy Loman and his family's eventual realization that he is a life failure begins this weekend at Leverett House in the Old Library. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
Members of the cast and crew have unflinchingly remained true to the bleak realities of Fugard's vision, even down to the use of words in African dialect. Boesman and Lena are portrayed at a moment of severe crisis and, admirably, the performance does not shrink away from the appropriate...
The incessant arguments between Boesman and Lena begin almost immediately. Alone and homeless, as in the past, they turn on one another in anger and despair. Some of the verbal attacks are faintly amusing but can inspire no more than a nervous laugh from the audience.
The exibit consists of three rooms containing hanging scrolls from different periods of Japanese history; of these, Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi and Tokugawa are the best represented. This allows the viewer to compare scroll work from various periods in a relaxed, informal setting.