Word: mained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Komiteh's main concerns, as Kani sees it, will remain "security and the arrest of holdovers from the former regime." Such seizures have been authorized by a Khomeini-appointed revolutionary prosecutor. The ultimate power, however, lies with the shadowy Islamic Revolutionary Council, whose membership has never been divulged; Kani refers to it as "the acting parliament in the absence of a parliament...
...would support NATO strongly.) As this history develops, open revolt among the satellite nations and within the Soviet Union splits the country into republics, but not before an ICBM destroys Birmingham, England, and a counter-strike obliterates Minsk. The realignment after the war leaves Moscow's former do main Balkanized and at peace, but Africa remains tumultuous. Depending on what course China-Japan takes, say the generals, it seems likely that the conflict leading to World War IV may not be be tween East and West, but between affluent North and starving South. In the meantime, the chroniclers...
Serge and Nicole's incest in itself isn't the main theme. It's just an ironic twist that the only people who have a fulfilling love must break the most rigid taboo of society to share it. When Serge shouts through tears, "Poppa, I love you, even though no one's ever told you that because it's the kind of thing you don't shout!" we are closer to the real heart of the play...
Some fault may lie with Moliere. The plot is typically weak. The main action consists of an endless cocktail party, a number of ephemeral, off-stage lawsuits, and Alceste's failure to snare the insincere coquette, Celimene, on his terms of absolute sincerity...
Most of the performers give the interpretations they've chosen talented treatments, and the singing is impressive for a college production. Perhaps the fact that conservatory students or graduates take all but one of the main roles helps to explain that. But trying to take Vienna out of Strauss is like trying to perform a heart transplant--you'd better have the replacement handy. The first act, for example, could as easily be set in Yonkers as in Vienna. True, the Lowell dining hall has little potential to be converted into a ballroom, but Lowell Opera gives up in despair...