Word: hear
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wollan's largest difficulty seems to be with the small number of musicals that have appeared on the Mainstage recently. First, the Mainstage is a large, cavernous, expanse of a theater: this presents difficult acoustical problems. Obviously, it is essential to hear performers in a musical distinctly and clearly. Second, musicals that would fill the physical expanse of the Mainstage are often too big. We do have a limited budget, augment of time, technical expertise, and labor, there is often a worry that these constraints will not to do the musical production justice. Thirdly, musicals are "component" works: acting, singing...
...only does the character of Lear himself emphasize the lower, more humble forms of humanity, but so does the entire movie. The film begins with a procession of peasants going to hear the awful proclamation of their king and ends with these same beggars stoically picking up remnants of their ravished land. In between there are numerous scenes of peasants and cripples, the most disturbing and effective of which is the scene on the heath when Lear comes upon Edgar and a crowd of other beggars who have taken refuge from the storm in a miserable, leaky hovel. Looking upon...
...used to be criticized because we seemed more interested in lending in Orlando than in Zaire or the Philippines. We don't hear much of that any more...
...guide mentioned that the border was very safe, and that there had been no problems with terrorists for years in that region. "Shhh," said the Ministry official on the bus, under his breath, and the two argued heatedly-in Hebrew. The official obviously didn't want those aboard to hear too much about terorism. But it was difficult. If no impossible, to hide several divisions within Israel...
...MANY of you drool whenever you hear that Marsha Norman or Sam Shepard is having of one of their latest plays experimented with or even staged at the American Repertory Theatre? Unlike Norman and Shepard, student play-wrights at Harvard, in the past, have had few opportunities to see their scripts put on the stage. Well, if you happen to be someone who keeps reams of original works in your desk, or even if you have only written one dramatic opus, you can now submit it for a new project in which undergraduate writers will be able to see other...