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...only took 341 years but, finally, Britain has a female Poet Laureate. Carol Ann Duffy will hold the 10-year post, following in the formidable footsteps of the likes of William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Ted Hughes. Glasgow-born Duffy, 53, said she had thought "long and hard" before accepting the high-profile job, and gave the final say to her 13-year-old daughter. Her response? "She said, 'Yes mummy, there's never been a woman.'" Now Duffy, who once said "no self-respecting poet" should have to write about royal weddings (she was referring...
...joined in on the directorial level,” she says. The entire cast of “The Pregnant Pause” is drawn from D’Agostino’s company. “People are doing so many different things that it’s hard to find [only Harvard actors],” she says.In keeping with Shapiro’s reinterpretation of the text, D’Agostino also plans to stage the production differently from Feydeau’s original. “Just so people don’t have too much...
...Theft.’” The remainder is largely more obvious mimicry—“Forgetful Heart,” a warmed-over, condensed version of “Ain’t Talkin’”; “Life Is Hard,” a sparer, more stilted version of “Spirit on the Water,” punctuated by more vaguely derivative, but equally middling material.So “Together Through Life” is a regression, a forgetful footnote to the decade of Dylan’s critical...
...script, the number of characters has been reduced and lines have been shifted from one character to another. For example, the roles of Gertrude and Ophelia have been greatly expanded. “They’re less soft,” Vartikar says. “More hard, easier to read, more surreal, raw.” Vartikar’s changes to the text were informed by the philosophies of Heiner Müller and James Joyce. “Some scholars would definitely disagree, but we think it’s an interesting interpretation...
...Everyone worked so hard during the year being able to perform in front of a crowd is an exciting prospect,” said Doug Yoffe. “People admire them for their courage or determination whether they’re a man or a woman...