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...Reviewers are praising the play for its artistic and historical sweep; allusions range from Shakespeare's King Lear to Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, and the troubled history of the Czech republic. An English version is scheduled to open in London in September...
...Leaving is the latest in a clutch of recent works shedding light on the inner life of the erstwhile dissident. A memoir titled To the Castle and Back was published in English translation last year, while Citizen Havel, a new documentary about his life in office, has been warmly received at film festivals across Europe...
...Naypyidaw is its 24-hour electricity supply in a country plagued by power shortages. But that's not enough to entice civil servants to bring their relatives here. Asked why her family stayed in the old capital, a 12-year-old girl visiting her father answers in impressive English, "Rangoon is better; here is bad," earning her a slap on the head from her anxious mother...
...Continuing Oral Tradition in Native American Literature.” Culture and Belief 16: “Performance, Tradition and Cultural Studies: An Introduction to Folklore and Mythology,” also counting for Culture and Belief, will be adapted from Folklore and Mythology 100. Humanities 27, taught by English professor Stephen J. Greenblatt, will become English 127: “A Silk Road Course: Travel and Transformation on the High Seas: An Imaginary Journey in the early 17th Century” and count toward the Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding requirement this fall. The acting chair of the comparative literature...
After stints as an associate on Wall Street and a professor in Taiwan, Ma worked first as an English translator to then-president Chiang Ching-kuo. Later, at age 38, he became the youngest member of the cabinet when he was appointed as the chair of the Research, Development, and Evaluation Commission. He then served as the Justice Minister from 1993 to 1996, as the Mayor of Taipei from 1998 to 2006, and Chairman of Kuomintang from 2005 to 2007, before being elected Taiwan’s president...