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THE MERRY MUSES OF CALEDONIA by Robert Burns, edited by James Barke, Sydney Goodsir Smith, J. Delancey Ferguson. 224 pages. Putnam. $5.
Himself a dabbler in real estate, Shakespeare was fascinated with property jargon. He often speaks of "purchase"-a then new method of acquiring land by other means than inheritance. Henry IV reminds his son that the crown that "in me was purchas'd, falls upon thee in a more...
Stealing the show is Andy Teuber, who hams up Dick Deadeye into a major part. Teuber can't sing, but he hisses his way through a superb rendition of "The Merry Maiden and the Tar" with the Captain (Bruce Renshaw). Teuber's versatility is remarkable; the pathetic figure he makes...
My suspicions were quickly confirmed. From the opening notes of the overture it was clear that this year's Winthrop House Musical, Li'l Abner, was going to be much more memorable and merry than the Yale Game. It was better, in fact, than the usually fine shows for which...
Perverse Roses. From the first lurid hint that Béjart's Faust was a little special, everyone hoped for the worst. Béjart, 37, has a well-burnished reputation as an enfant terrible director of theater, ballet and opera. His talent for welding all three together into...