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...Francisco Mime Troupe is one of the world's great things. It brings joy and hysterics to all who behold it. Not just those whose narrow preconceptions drive them into unflinching hatred for all authority; not just those who make love with a red flag under the mattress. The Mime Troupe's not just for May 2nd, but for all seasons...
...Elizabeth. The munificent gift to Mrs. B. was a token of "the huge success of The Taming of the Shrew, of which we have a very large percentage," said Burton. And no worry about the family coffers being depleted. The Burtons are tucking another $2,000,000 under the mattress in Sardinia, where they are making Goforth, the hopeful new tide of Tennessee Williams' two-time Broadway flop, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore...
...pair of spotlights, blue and red, rake the audience, while on the stage flickering, fleeting images play up and down a twisted backdrop that could suggest anything from a cavern to the corner of a mattress. One dancer (Maximiliano Zomosa) comes down the center aisle, up onto the stage, and slowly strips down to his shorts. Waiting for him, tightly sheathed in a paisley leotard, is Astarte (Trinette Singleton), goddess of the moon, love and fertility...
Deputy Fire-Chief John Kenney, who rushed to the dormitory when the alarm sounded, said the fire was started by a fat candle the girls had left burning under the bed "for a long time." The heat from the candle apparently dried out the mattress and reduced its ignition point...
...called everyone out for a propaganda session, Local Teacher Khun Thit holed up in his hut with a pistol. He pumped his only two bullets into two terrorists who came after him. Then he grabbed a submachine gun from one of his victims, rolled himself up in a mattress and began blasting away when the rest of the band tried to take him. Two hours, 400 rounds and several grenades later, when the noise finally brought nearby police to the rescue, Thit and the terrorists were still shooting it out. The schoolteacher is now a national hero...