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...gold brocade robe, the alchemist pursues his treacherous craft. But this craft in not merely the spurious production of gold; rather, the alchemist’s true art lies is his ability to exploit human weakness. The Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club’s (HRDC) masterful presentation of Jacobean dramatist Ben Jonson’s “The Alchemist” succeeds in transcending its titular seventeenth century pseudoscience to provide a humorous look at the foibles of mankind...
...Facts: One of many Radcliffe Fellowships, the Caroline Isenberg sends an enterprising dramatist with plans to return to Harvard for at least another semester for half a year’s worth of practical theater study abroad...
...dramatist could not have hoped to conjure a better contrast. On one hand, Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, publicly champions a categorical ban on the torture of prisoners. On the other hand, Vice President Dick Cheney, who did not serve in Vietnam, makes closed-door appeals to senators for an exception clause to torture in circumstances of eminent danger.In one of the best-supported congressional revolts in President George W Bush’s five years in office, the Senate voted 90-9 last month in favor of McCain?...
...communicate vignettes about the mischievous but prominent Hindu god Shiva. Marglin’s intense leg squats and eye expressions—along with her half-tilt smile—perfectly conveyed the young conniving deity, showcasing Marglin’s skill both as a Bharatanatyam dancer and a dramatist. But the dances did not only recognize days anciently bygone; old and new Indian dance elements merged for the fusion Kuchipudi-Bharatanatyam dance “Mandari Jataswaram,” performed by dancers from Mount Holyoke University, and “Bharata Natyam & Odissi” (performed by Gayatri...
...apartheid gave South African writers a focus and an intensity unique in 20th century literature. Not many countries can boast two still-scribbling Nobel prizewinners, J.M. Coetzee and Nadine Gordimer, as well as a mob of socially conscious contenders like Breyten Breytenbach, André Brink, Zakes Mda and dramatist Athol Fugard. Yet since the fall of the race-based regime and the triumph of democracy more than a decade ago, some South African writers and readers have worried that the thrill is gone, the edge lost, the fire dimmed. Like apartheid itself, those fears can now be swept into...