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What does a very funny writer do whose laughter is always choking into a retch? Among other stratagems, Wilson has tried to revive the well-made Victorian novel (see The Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot). He has sketched portraits of the very old and the very young (Late Call...
...speech, but the sets were worth suffering for. To bring such an enormous change of setting onto such a small stage is no easy task, and despite some last minute construction the sets were amusing and effective. The little boat in which Pericles plies the unfriendly oceans first evoked laughter from the audience, but careful direction made it a suitable vehicle for serious scenes...
After a wedding breakfast for 150 at the palace, the bride and groom made their traditional appearance on the palace balcony. The crowd, said Mark's father, retired Major Peter Phillips, "reminded me of V-E day." At one point the bridal party broke into laughter when Mark spotted a long white banner reading: "It's never too late to say 'neigh'-congratulations from the Royal Veterinary College." Mark, an Olympic gold medalist who shares Anne's passion for horses, turned to the princess and said...
...Barbara Walters entered Washington's Sans Souci restaurant and, it turned out, walked right into Fellow Diner Art Buchwald's web. Motioning Kissinger over to his table, Humorist Buchwald handed Henry two reels of tape, saying, "Henry, here are the tapes." Amid the general laughter, Kissinger proved he was the stuff of which Metternichs are made. He grinned, said thank you, grew red, and changed the subject. But he did not accept the present...
...laughter...