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Underneath this droll gimmick, however, is much more. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are at the center of Stoppard's work, and they become its tragic heroes. Like Didi and Gogo, who bide their time with games of the spirit while waiting for the never-to-appear Godot, Stoppard's heroes devise their own games to endure the waiting for their Godot...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern | 2/8/1969 | See Source »

Dunn--gaily clad in a green plaid kilt, green tweed jacket, green knee socks, and black bonnet--then yielded to the 15-member Stuart Highland Pipe Band of Bedford, which piped old favorites like "Scotland the Brave" and "We're No Away to Bide Away" to complete the ceremony...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: Of Bagpipes, Bogles, and Banshees | 9/23/1968 | See Source »

...mother sounds a note of caution in the impassioned duet, Bide Thee, Bubbles, in Brooklyn, but Beverly exits, resolutely waving her contract and singing Addio, West Side Subway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opera: Il Destino di Bubbles: The Libretto of a Success Story | 6/7/1968 | See Source »

...P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742)?, the last and oddest of Johann Sebastian's 20-odd offspring. As countless amused concertgoers and record buyers know, P.D.Q. is the perpetrator of such neglected works as Concerto for Horn and Hardart, Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle and Balloons, and the oratorio The Seasonings ("Bide thy thyme, now thy subscription's through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Composers: Spike for Highbrows | 5/31/1968 | See Source »

Both were compelling truths. It has always been a question of when, not whether, the Senator would attempt a Kennedy restoration. Until very recently, it seemed that he would bide his time until 1972. The tradition of party loyalty, the immense difficulty of unmaking a President, the risk to the unmaker, the fact that he is only 42, the knowledge that many Democrats who would be happy to support him later would oppose him now-all these factors militated against a Kennedy move in 1968. His strategy all along had been to take a position slightly to the left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Like Old Times | 3/22/1968 | See Source »

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