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He is Denys Finch Hatton, aristocrat, aviator and athlete, war hero and white hunter. She is, when we meet her, Isak Dinesen, storyteller. But before that she was Baroness Karen Blixen, who in 1913-14 exchanged family money for a title, a farm in Kenya and the 17 years of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Where the Wild Things Were Out of Africa | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

The farm and the marriage rapidly deteriorated. In 1914, Bror, a notorious womanizer, infected Karen with syphilis. In the future it would affect her spine and cause her incalculable agonies. Initially, though, it was sexual jealousy that provided the sorrow. After the divorce, there seemed little to hold the baroness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Anecdotes from Scheherazade | 11/15/1982 | See Source »

The monthlong Manhattan engagement of the new Makarova and Company ballet, which opened last week, gives dance on Broadway a slightly new turn. Rudolf Nureyev has frequently dropped in on the Great White Way, but always surrounded by a definitely subordinate cast of professionals. Natalia Makarova, probably the world'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Makarova: New Whirl in Town | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

As a film play, Inserts is unusually dependent on the quality of its acting. The photography (directed by Denys Coop) is straightforward and simple, emphasizing performances and not technical effects. And the performances are for the most part first-rate, the characters evoked with feeling. Veronica Cartwright effectively conveys the...

Author: By John Chou, | Title: Undignified Degeneracy | 3/17/1976 | See Source »

1,160 Pairs. At no point in the drafting process for the theaters did Architect Denys Lasdun consider designing for a show of pomp, reports TIME Correspondent Lawrence Malkin. The priority was to make form assist theatrical function. With the Olivier Theater, in particular, consultations occurred between Lasdun and Olivier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: A New Treasure on the Thames | 3/15/1976 | See Source »

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