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...Douglas Schmidt, and skilfully lit by Marc Weiss, are decidedly modern or futuristic. And electronic incidental music and odd sound effects have been devised by Pril Smiley. One might surmise that the result would be a mishmash. But the idea of putting 11th-century people dressed in 17th-century garb in 20th-century environments is perfectly viable. One of the play's major themes is the wrenching of things out of their accustomed habitats, the appearance of people in "borrowed robes," the distortion of time. And the text is full of references to strange sounds ("every noise appals," Macbeth complains...
Philip Kerr, with long-flowing locks and rich red garb, looks the proper--or, rather, improper--libertine. Wycherley made his Horner an allegro con brio role. Kerr plays it allegro all right, but his portrayal needs more brio. Still, he speaks crisply, and handles his walking-stick as though born with...
...prices are fit for a gold rush town, booming sky high. There are small stores and boutiques galore--even year long residents don't exhaust them for interest. Central War Surplus (433 Mass Ave.) is the place to find durable blue jeans, bells, and work shirts, the sort of garb that has become the staple badge of student identity, collective and anonymous, a product of need rather than conspicuous consumption. Jeans and shirts decorated to dazzle the streets can be found practically anywhere in the Square: The Coop (1400 Mass Ave.), the two Slak Shacks (485 Mass...
...prefers that discussion be non-adversarial, thus facilitating his practice of altering the facts to fit his arguments. It is a phenomenon that, regrettably, is far from unknown among some Harvard faculty who appear quite willing to build their reputations on anti-black writings, scantily clad in scholarly garb. Perhaps blacks should be pleased that at least one black is participating in the benefits of this personally profitable, if academically questionable, enterprise...
Later a man and woman fully clothed in wedding garb are crawling around in a field, for some reason inseparably joined at the loins. Another couple finds them and helps them out of their predicament. How? The young man goes back to his car, returning with an automobile jack with which he duly pries apart the bereaved couple, His line: "Now I'm going to jack...