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Manon was another matter. Designer Ita Maximowna's sets are airy and unpretentious-a close match with Massenet's dulcet music and the story of his heroine's capricious pursuit of an early death. In Manon's virgin youth, the stage is warmed by springtime; in...
True, there was a serpent in her paradise. She knew that in a year her tumor would return, that one day suddenly she would be blind, that a few minutes later she would be dead. But death too can be beautiful, especially in Deluxe Color. Just as Susan's...
Still, it was sad when the Mirror died, because it is always sad when a great metropolitan daily disappears. At least the Mirror could have been improved; it had potential, and now that potential is gone. Founding a newspaper is an expensive business these days; when one dies, another is...
From a dark stage peopled by the shadows of people, four Regent-Councillors step forward. They vote to kill a man not there--a man who has bought and sold the human soul, yet dies a martyr for the truth. The viral truth his death was to conceal spreads and...
Though this characterization succeeds, Lindsay Anderson's directing fails in other areas. He considers his viewer a rugby opponent who must be hit over the head to make a point. As Mrs. Hammond dies, Machin tries to crush a spider. A dramatic drumbeat heralds every dramatic moment. And Anderson overemphasizes...