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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With national elections approaching, Mrs. Thatcher undertook a highly public effort to reach out to the common folk. She turned up for a walkabout along Petticoat Lane, London's celebrated street market, where she was bussed by a local huckster. But she also needed a popular issue, and so...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Mrs. Thatcher's Bold Gamble | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

The director's clear-eyed approach is further enhanced by the sharp acting of his cast. In the film's dominant performance, Voight shows Luke's pious arrogance as well as his tenderness; if the character were too sweet, he would be as gooey as Gershwin'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Dark at the End off the Tunnel | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

Outrageous! Only Woody Allen at his best could outdo some of the one-liners in Richard Benner's brilliant comedy about a female impersonator's rise to stardom and the whacked-out woman behind his success. Craig Russell's unabashedly gay hairdresser has graced us with a character we will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swell Dames and Death Wishes | 2/16/1978 | See Source »

When Pippin the idealist realizes that running the Holy Roman Empire isn't quite as easy as he had originally imagined, he rues the murder. Again, the play refuses to take itself too seriously. "You got it," a character tells Pippin, and Charles gets up off the floor, pulling the...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Worrying About Time | 2/16/1978 | See Source »

He said he was trying to show how the character of Judas developed through successive presentations of the Passion in the Bible and how the development of the character required the authors to add unsubstantiated details to complete the narrative.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Norton Lectures | 2/14/1978 | See Source »

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