Word: emperor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Placing the plays in chronological order. Berlin outlines O'Neill's innovative style. In The Emperor Jones O'Neill overwhelmingly used symbolism and created the first major part for a Black man. He used The Hairy Ape as a vehicle for a condemnation of the capitalistic, mechanistic materialism of American society. In comparing Yank, the protagonist, to Oedipus and Hamlet. O'Neill is addressing the oldest theme in history--man's struggle with his own fate. The play, Berlin notes, "is more existential than political, more metaphysical and spiritual than social, Man's desire to belong, his quest for belonging...
...Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Nightingale, the Chinese Emperor, although captivated by the sound of his songbird, replaces it with a jewel-encrusted replica. The parable may reflect the mid-life anxieties of Mick Jagger, 39, who plays the Emperor in this summer's broadcast of Showtime TV's Faerie Tale Theater. Anticipating the end of the Rolling Stones after two decades of great music, Jagger seems to be pointing toward a new life in film. Let's Spend the Night Together, Director Hal Ashby's portrait of the Stones...
...African Unity. Other countries constructed international airports and posh hotel complexes. Corruption was rife: in Zaire (see box), politicians poured funds into secret Swiss bank accounts; the Central African Republic spent $50 million, roughly half the country's annual budget, on the 1977 coronation of the since deposed Emperor Bokassa...
FRESH OUT OF the University of Padda, Pippin faces the same problem many liberal arts graduates face every year: how to make of life a Meaningful Experience. Unlike the rest of us, Pippin is blessed with one great advantage: He's the eldest progeny of Charlemagne, the Holy Roman emperor, a pedigree that even Fair Harvard's greatest sons could never match. But being first in line for the sucession is somehow not enough for Pippin. He needs to find, as he sings in the beginning, his Corner...
...tremendous enthusiasm of the cast. Rich Dikeman's Leading Player is sly, smooth, and agile. As Pippin, Justin Richardson evokes to perfection just the sort of boyish innocence and enthusiasm that the roe demands. And it's hard to believe that John D. Langdon's Charles isn't an emperor: his physical authority and voice really hold the stage. As Catherine, Pippins's final love. Susan Power conveys warms and sincerity, and on the opposite end of the scale. Ann Henry's Fastrada captures well the brashly devious and comic nature of her role Mark Morland (as Lewis) and Celia...