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...pulling off stunts like a scene in the style of a chapter from Ulysses or a debate about dadaism, traditional art and love composed entirely of lines from Shakespeare. Travesties features the lives of three famous foreigners who lived in Zurich during World War I: James Joyce, Vladimir Lenin, and the dadaist Tristan Tzara. Each of these men is radical in his own way, and all three disagree about politics and art. The stories are linked together by the accounts of the less famous foreigner Henry Carr (also a real historical figure), a dandyish Brit, conservative in everything...
Good Bye, Lenin...
...Adams House Drama Society is putting on Travesties, a Tony Award-winning play by Tom Stoppard. Set in 1917 Zurich, the witty comedy follows a fictive plot involving Irish novelist James Joyce and Russian revolutionary Lenin. Tickets $10 regular, $5 students, $4 Adams House residents. Through May 1. Adams House Pool Theatre...
...Good Bye Lenin! centers on the experience of East Berliner Alex Kerner, played by wide-eyed 24-year-old Daniel Brühl, after the fall of the Berlin Wall. After fainting during the Berlin riots, Alex’s mother (Katrin Sass) enters a deep coma for several months. Upon his mother’s release, the doctor cautions Alex that he must insulate her from any shocks, because a stressful event could kill her. Since his mother was fiercely loyal to the idealism of the DDR, Alex makes it his goal to keep her from finding out about...
...GOOD BYE LENIN...