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...Lover, the first play of the evening and perhaps the most famous one-act piece by British playwright Harold Pinter, love is little more than an elaborate role-playing game. As a happily average British middle class couple, Barlow Adamson and Marie Larkin move carefully around their disgustingly perfect home (constructed with aggravating blandness--lemon yellow sofa draping and all--by stage designer Jeff Gardiner) pouring drinks for one another and speaking in formal semi-monotones. They love each other, or so they claim, but their marriage is sexless. It is only when they meet in secret during...
...cast, as well, is small, with several actors playing multiple roles. Most notable among the student actors are Knapp and Sack as Anne and Maurice respectively. As Halder's lover, Anne tackles some of the plays most contrived lines--"if we are good to those around us...what more?"--without sinking heavily into melodrama. Sack enjoys perhaps one of the most promising roles as Halder's Jewish friend and gives us a sympathetic and powerful performance that lives up to the character's brilliance...
Wahid is from a distinguished family of Muslim leaders. Known for his mischievous wit, the multilingual scholar speaks English and Arabic fluently. He studied in Iraq and Egypt, and heads the 30 million-strong Nahdlatul Ulama, a nationwide association that runs traditional Islamic schools. But he also is a lover of Western literature and classical music, has a long record of opposing religious extremism and speaking out on behalf of the Christian and Chinese minorities in Indonesia and has even recommended opening diplomatic relations with Israel--much to the fury of more conservative Islamic groups. "Gus Dur is a pluralist...
...Soon, a ninja master entered the picture. He confiscated Yoko one evening, as she lay in sublime calm next to her child lover. Soon, I began to learn of the deep historical ties between Dark Schneider and this new ninja-kidnapper figure, Gara. Gara had spent the past five years working on his own objective to conquer the world, but he continued to be haunted by a defeat he suffered years ago at the hands of the formidable Dark Schneider. Although he knew that Dark Schneider could be a valuable asset to his campaign, Gara's own personal ambition demanded...
...lover of architecture who witnessed the fire bombing of Dresden as a boy during World War II, Blobel is donating much of his $960,000 in prize money to the restoration of a church and a synagogue in that city and of a historic building in Furbine, Italy...