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...SCORING Name G A Pts. Tidsbury, Cor 2 0 4 Alfond, B 1 0 2 Beckett, B 1 0 2 Finkelstein...
...premise of Samuel Beckett's play is that Godot never arrives--an analogy that until recently seemed particularly apt for the Middle East. Now, however, Rabin and Arafat must deal with a situation that demands more than just endless talk...
...want to honor. It's easy to write about despair. It's tough to present optimism realistically and appealingly. I think it's a worthwhile goal to help people find genuine pleasure without feeling like fools. So I do try to celebrate. It doesn't get real Samuel Beckett in Paul Rudnickland...
...realize deliberate perkiness offended, the way the smell of ammonia becomes associated with the odors it's supposed to remove," and "Necessity is the mother of affection," and "Do you not be happy with me as the translator of the books of you?" There are pieces about Samuel Beckett, obsessed fans and psychics. It's a fitfully amusing little book, with two big advantages over Saturday Night Live: there are no commercials, and you can enjoy it any day of the week...
...Fourth Wall is more about drama than it is about anything else. Gurney fills the play with allusions to playwrights ranging from Aristophanes and Sophocles to Shakespeare, Beckett, and Pirandello. The script would make a good final for a drama survey course if the professor asked the students to identify and discuss all the allusions...