Word: jacob
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tutor. A mediocre production of a mediocre play by Bertoldt Brecht, based on an 18th century work by Jacob Lenz. The hapless tutor, who has to castrate himself to keep his job, is supposed to represent intellectuals in Nazi Germany who kowtowed to Hitler. The play has the benefit of professional direction by Jurgen Flimm of the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg, Germany, but even he can't depetrify characters and dialogue as wooden as these. If you go, drink lots of coffee first. Recommended only for those who have friends in the cast. At the Loeb, October 29-November...
...moral collapse of the educational system in Nazi Germany; the tutor of the title goes around/seducing all his female students, with predictably disastrous consequences. The director is Jurgen Flimm from the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, Germany, and the play itself is based on an 18th century work by Jacob Lenz. At the Loeb, October 23-26 and October 19-November 1 at 8 p.m. Tickets...
Despite the rising fears, congressional action seems improbable until the crisis grows even worse. At best, New York Senator Jacob Javits hopes that Senate and House committees will have prepared bills by next month...
Schools that were formerly blacklisted include Boston University, Boston College, Tufts, Brown, Dartmouth, Yale and Stanford. Harvard will be informed of the lifting of the ban in a letter from Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.), a spokesman from the senator's office revealed yesterday...
...band in front, then a six-by-eight foot silk banner before a procession of four or five columns. The banners were embroidered with exotic scenes; many showed Prince William, in different hues, shapes, and sizes, marching to victory atop his white prancer. Biblical scenes like "Jacob's Dream" or "The Parting of the Red Sea" were common and there were a few uncommon banners like one showing "The Storming of Jaffa," a bizarre scene with British soldiers climbing the city's walls and staring into the suspended smoke of Turkish muskets...