Word: bath
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...update on the cursing ('Zounds' and Odds whips and wheels' just wouldn't make it any more) the play could easily run on Broadway as a slow-paced Neil Simon comedy. Director Norman Ayrton has already begun the rewrite in a minor way. Originally, The Rivals was set in Bath, England; here Ayrton uses Boston in the early 1760s to create a mood of recognition...
...Ayrton is taking the production of "The Rivals" with due seriousness. For instance he has completely changed the locale of "The Rivals" in order to help his actors. "We're setting it in Boston, rather than in Bath, for one very simple reason--the language. I don't believe that accent matters at all, but students seem to worry about it a lot. So I said let's remove the problem from them for a start, so they don't have to worry about how to sound like smart London or Devonshire aristocrats because the social life in Boston around...
...tuxedo alongside a life-size poster advertising the entertainer's two-week Manhattan engagement. But Joel's wife Jo was unfazed. "Why don't you take the picture now?" she suggested. So the camera clicked and Sharp Dresser Joel was caught for posterity wearing only a bath towel...
Adventure Training. There were few amenities to relieve the boredom of chasing an empty horizon for 6,000 monotonous miles. Captain Blyth, as if emulating Captain Bligh, kept comforts to a minimum, removing heaters and fans, feeding his crew on army rations, and limiting them to one fresh-water bath every ten days. "If the men get too comfy down below," he insists, "they won't want to come up on deck to work." On some other boats, living has been easier, with quarters outfitted with stereos, soft chairs and well-stocked freezers...
...would only spur her on," and sat back to watch the other candidates struggle with the motherhood issue. As for Mrs. McCall, she is campaigning at her own pace. When a reporter arrived at her Portland home for an interview, he was sent away. The candidate was taking a bath...