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...Apollo de Bellac--Winthrop...
...Apollo de Bellac--Winthrop...
...playwright Jean Giradoux had a knack for treating heavy philosophical subjects in a light way. In L'Apollo de Bellac, being performed in French at Winthrop House this weekend, it's the classical theme of beauty that's the target. As the play opens, the Greek god Apollo comes to earth with the mission of teaching a woman the secret to any man's heart: Tell him he's handsome, Apollo says; no matter how ugly, any man will believe that. It takes little social consciousness to predict that this open sesamegets the woman into more trouble than she asked...
...Apollo de Bellac--Winthrop...
...theory whereby the tale hangs is that all a woman need do to captivate a man is to tell him he's handsome. This "secret" The Man From Bellac (Carl Nagin) divulges to the naive young Agnes (Patricia Hawkins), whom he meets in the outer office of a firm with which she is seeking...