Word: helene
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Helen Newlin New York City...
...Abrams is so much more convincing that her heavenly counterpart that it's easy to figure out why this Faustus opts for hell. Jenny Marre is enticing in several cameo roles--she plays everyone from Belzebub to a lisping, pregnant duchess--but she's a bit too pudgy as Helen of Troy...
Despite some fine acting, Morphos' Doctor Faustus is uneven and often unsatisfying. While some scenes, like the parade of the Seven Deadly Sins, are theatrically effective, other, potentially more dramatic sequences, like Faustus' encounter with Helen, are pallidly executed. The balance of this production is tilted toward comedy, both because of Faustus' posturing and Morphos' own inclinations as a director. The farcical sequences mirroring the main action of the play are all deftly performed, and the scene in which the clown Robin inadvertently conjures Mephistophilis is an especial...
...Helen Moak...
Seeing nearby towns scurrying for money to celebrate the nation's Bicentennial, Mrs. Helen Beverley, 51, of Danvers, Mass., determined that, come 2076, Danvers' city fathers would not find themselves similarly strapped. She will collect $10 each from 100 residents and deposit the $1,000 in a bank, along with a list of the donors, in an account not to be opened for 100 years...