Word: compassionate
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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His caveats belied Paul's deep compassion for individuals. He could not, like Pope John, simply give mankind an indiscriminate embrace, but he could be surprisingly open in small audiences, as in a 1971 encounter with some rock musicians. "We are aware of the values you seek," he told...
Of course, it is probably unfair to apply very high standards to a book that, after all, pretends to be nothing more than entertainment. Breslin is a marvelously gifted writer, no matter what his topic; a tough, grown-up Irish-American punk, he has a street-corner sense of humor...
Farcical misadventures follow, but what makes The Norman Conquests memorable is not Ayckbourn's cleverness so much as his compassion. As Norman's strategies start to fail, the consequences seem almost tragic. We realize that Ayckbourn's characters can never fulfill even their modest dreams of adventure and romance; they...
Tennessee Williams was lionized this past week at the second annual Spoleto Festival U.S.A. in Charleston, S.C., but there was more to it than celebrity worship. Williams was on the receiving end of a wave length of personal affection that surely extends far beyond Charleston. It is not difficult to...
That compassion is evident once again in his newest work, Creve Coeur. Unfortunately, some of the gifts that have made Williams such a formidable dramatist are sadly in abeyance. The pulse of conflict beats feebly. The surge of musical eloquence, which was once like a river cresting in flood, is...