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...almost 17 years of "retirement," Washington built up his inherited estate, Mount Vernon, and bought large areas of western land (present total: close to 35,000 acres). He also bought additional slaves to carry out his experiments in growing wheat, barley, hemp and flax, in building fisheries and even in trying to breed buffaloes as beasts of burden. Enjoying his rewards, Washington ordered only the best of carriages from London "in the newest taste, with steel springs, green unless any other color is more in vogue." His favorite sport: fox hunting. His favorite delicacies: oysters, watermelons, Madeira wine...
When we last left Margo Flax, middle-aged divorcee, her frantic love for a younger man had caused her to undergo a facelift. That, to be sure, was nothing spectacular for the script of All My Children, one of television's soapiest midday dramas. Yet when kindly Dr. Julien removed the bandages from Margo's uplifted face before 10 million viewers this week, the postoperative black eyes and discolored skin thus exposed were in very living color. It turns out that Eileen Letchworth, fiftyish, the actress who has been Margo Flax for the past two years...
...Steven Flax...
...Steve Flax's set had absolutely no relation to the plays except for a row of jail bars, and even an abstract set should consider the play. The backdrop of overlapping rectangles in a single plane didn't even work as a composition of forms. And Light Designer Udi Gupta shouldn't have left unlit spots on stage as well as shadowing actors' faces, sometimes preferring to light their legs...
Need one continue? I'll admit two minor characters, Mortimer and Henry, do strain one's good will by over-playing, but the fault lies in the script and not in the actors. On the other hand, Steven Flax's set made ingenious use of the library's windows and staircases, and John Hanick's lighting was remarkably creative. On balance, Leverett has mounted a delightful production...