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...captain of the Sheffield when the Argentines let fly their Exocet missile from an aircraft he could not even see. Before the Falklands crisis these weapons were untried toys, and war was target practice. Now there is mixed amazement that they actually work. Some horror. Some delight...
...reader engrossed in a new novel envisions actors playing the central parts. To lots of those who read William Styron's haunting, often wildly funny Sophie's Choice, there was but one actress for the title role in the film version: Meryl Streep, 33. To the delight of armchair casting directors everywhere, Streep is indeed playing Sophie, the Polish-Catholic Auschwitz survivor, resettled in postwar Brooklyn. Nathan, her neurotic, libidinous lover, is played by Kevin Kline, 34, the pirate king in the upcoming film The Pirates of Penzance. Kline is another nice bit of casting since, when...
...Tale of Two Cities. Told that the money would have appreciated more in a savings account, she replied, "But I so much prefer reading Dickens to my passbook." Of course, if she had chosen the right time to sell, she would have been able to read both with equal delight. -By J.D. Reed
...strong 160 performances later. Around the same time, Christopher Durang's Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You exploded off-Broadway. Written with the vindictive passion of a Jacobean tragedy and performed at a tempo the Marx brothers might have found taxing, Durang's one-act delight appeared on a sheaf of Ten Best lists. It has since moved to a larger Manhattan showcase, where it continues to win adherents...
...Darwin's Delight...