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QUESTION: Compared with other generations of British actors, has the '60s generation of actors (Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Alan Bates, Michael Caine, Glenda Jackson, Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave) been slighted in the awarding of knighthoods...
...great historian R.H. Tawney, when offered a title by the Prime Minister, replied, 'What have I ever done to you?' It would be nice to think that the Tom Courtenay generation gave a version of this reply, putting themselves in a superior class to Sir Elton and Sir Paul...
...comes to the U.S. after much success in Europe and London, where it won an Olivier Award for Best Comedy of 1996 and provided a vehicle for such fine actors as Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay. It has been eagerly awaited by Broadway: finally, in a season when big musicals are getting all the buzz, a straight play with a chance of becoming a hot ticket. The U.S. cast boasts at least one marquee name--Alan Alda, who plays Marc with a few too many sitcom inflections--along with two solid co-stars, Victor Garber and Alfred Molina. Director Matthew...
Coming out of this year's fall practices, there's more bad news. Besides the graduation of the starting goaltender and two-thirds of the mid-fielders, three players won't return. Junior attacker Jen Bowdoin and senior attacker Courtenay Benedict decided to stop playing, while junior Sally Romano, perhaps the team's best defender, is taking a year...
Coming out of this year's fall practices, there's more bad news. Besides the graduation of the starting goaltender and two-thirds of the midfielders, three players won't return. Junior attacker Jen Bowdoin and senior attacker Courtenay Benedict decided to stop playing, while junior Sally Romano, perhaps the team's best defender, is taking a year...