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...fortresslike dzongs, which serve as the administrative and religious centers for each district. Once inside the whitewashed stone walls capped by pagodalike roofs, they found the monastic quarters magnificently decorated with tapestries, sculpture and paintings. One of the most impressive was Paro Dzong, located on the old caravan route from Tibet to India. There, the Swiss group witnessed the traditional New Year's dance beneath the giant prayer banner, or thangka, which portrays Padmasambhava (Lotus-born), the Indian missionary-and central figure in Bhutan's art-who converted Bhutan to Buddhism in the 8th century. In his hand...
...course of this brief trot into the world of Brecht, the Caravan Theater Company makes some well-meaning attempts to find an appropriate mood. The lines of the stage and of the portable sets are simple and clean. The actors present the material briskly and without complication. In the first part of the evening excerpts from various plays and poems are recited by members of the company. The bulk of the evening is devoted to a shortened version of Man is Man, the story of how a timid Indian is transformed into the terror of the British Colonial Army...
...Caravan Theater is allegedly an experimental enterprise, but Director Edelson's only experiment in this production is pushing nine actors onto the stage and having them try to act without any critical guidance...
...chaired by Metropolitan Museum of Art Director (and former City Parks Commissioner) Thomas Hoving and Time Inc. Board Chairman Andrew Heiskell. Some $500,000 in corporation cash has already poured in to pay for summer recreation programs. One project that got underway this month was the Clairol Caravan, a touring company that is bringing fashion shows, rock 'n' roll concerts and other entertainment to 30 small parks all over the country-including New York's Central Park. New York companies have "contributed" more than 5,000 jobs for the poor to augment the list...
...taxi headed for a garage for repairs. There, Thompson and his traveling companion were asked to take another taxi that already contained two men, but refused to share the ride. Friends figure that this may have been an abortive kidnap attempt. On the day that Thompson disappeared, a caravan of five cars was seen going up the usually traffic-free road to the highlands and coming down three hours later- right after Jim Thompson vanished...