Word: camilla
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With a little imagination, it could have been an Italian palazzo. The charms of a Renaissance courtyard, a dovecote of partridges, a meadow with trees and a pergola near the meadow set the scene for a recent rehearsal of Harvard’s latest opera: The Triumph of Camilla. In the waxing moonlight, two forlorn lovers articulate the pathos of despair in C sharps and high G’s. As a disheartened mezzo soprano appeals to the moon, arms extended, her gestures border parody. Pfhorzheimer House’s Comstock room never saw so much action...
...doing, because she knew the kind of messy three-ring circus modern Britain had become. One or two of the Windsors' hired spin doctors have shown signs of getting this - since Diana's death they have worked with some success to rehabilitate the reputations of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. But when the latest crisis hit and Charles appointed his own private secretary, rather than an outsider, to conduct the obligatory investigation into the Palace's handling of rape allegations, it was clear that the Windsors still understood nothing. The tabloids howled; Diana would surely have laughed. Alas...
...Queen's Jubilee, have intervened. Her sons, so poignantly vulnerable in 1997, have grown up. The husband who made her life miserable has rehabilitated himself by being a good father - now 62% think he will make a good King, up from 41% after she died. Even the Other Woman, Camilla Parker Bowles - Diana dubbed her the "Rottweiler" - appears routinely at Charles' side. Burrell profited mildly from his post-Diana fame by giving lectures about royalty on the QE2 and writing a book on how to entertain, but unlike so many other royal retainers, he never cashed in with a tell...
...purists who refuse to miss anything, it doesn’t end there. The Miracle Worker goes up at the Adams Pool in October, Deathtrap is performing in early November at Winthrop House, and Death and the Maiden performs at the Pool in November as well. The Triumph of Camilla is performing at the Fogg Museum Nov. 19-22, and The Heiress (Leverett Old Library) performs in December. If that isn’t enough, make your reading period more enjoyable with The Two-Character Play and Fiddler on the Roof...
...Diana obsession; while a recent survey of Britons, commissioned by the History Channel, named Diana's death the 20th century's most important British event, another poll suggests many are slowly moving on. British polling firm Mori Research found rising approval ratings for Prince Charles, the Queen and even Camilla Parker-Bowles (whom Diana nicknamed the "Rottweiler...