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...Lyric Stage makes the most of its intimate space, employing a simple all-purpose set design and a few well-chosen props. A particularly inspired touch is the inscription on the backdrop of the three major settings of the play-Covent Garden (where Higgins and Eliza first meet), Wimpole Street (Higgins' house), and Earlscourt (Mrs. Higgins' residence)-in phonetic spellings, lighted to show the location of the scene at hand. Less well-conceived are the two step-dancers who serve to bridge the scene changes; they end up looking rather silly and out of place amid the shifting props...

Author: By Lynn Y.lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Shaw's 'Pygmalion': Sparkle and Shade | 10/3/1997 | See Source »

Twenty-three years ago, Maurice Wertheim '06 donated a painting of six grungy leather shoes sitting on a dirty canvas backdrop to Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Van Gogh Painting May Be Forgery | 9/12/1997 | See Source »

Twenty-three years ago, Maurice Wertheim '06 donated a painting of six grungy leather shoes sitting on a dirty canvas backdrop to Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Van Gogh Painting May Be Forgery | 9/10/1997 | See Source »

Twenty-three years ago, Maurice Wertheim '06 donated a painting of six grungy leather shoes sitting on a dirty canvas backdrop to Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Van Gogh Painting May Be Forgery | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

Twenty-three years ago Maurice Wertheim '06 donated a painting of six grungy leather shoes sitting on a dirty canvas backdrop to Harvard...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, | Title: Van Gogh Painting May Be Forgery | 8/8/1997 | See Source »

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