Word: mistress
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chance to hear them as they might have been originally performed--something rarely done in staging of the plays themselves. Marianne Staniunas '00, Kirk G. Hanson '99 and director Wood (in various combinations) gave skillful performances of the three selections: Desdemona's "Willow Song" from Othello, Feste's "O Mistress Mine" from Twelfth Night ("Youth's a stuff will not endure") and "It Was A Lover And His Lass" (a.k.a. the "hey-nonny-no" song) from As You Like It. Although the visual impact of the singers--who stood in simple black dress before upright microphones--was a little less...
Troy's other obsession involves death: Even from the opening scene he tries to deny its inevitability. Ultimately, death pervades his whole life, first through his mistress's death and eventually...
...example, at one point Troy nearly blames his wife Rose for driving him to seek a mistress, but at the same time feels bad about the situation and apologizes. Even as he alienates his friends and family--his wife, his two sons, his best friend Bono (Ian Christopher Hunt '99)--he is insecure. Covering a challenging range of emotions, Bryant successfully portrays all his character's complexities and nuances...
GENNIFER FLOWERS An affair to regret. She's the First Mistress of a new pay-as-you-go cybersex Website...
...slyly humorous. As with Bernini or Titian, one stands in awe of his sheer fecundity. And he could be very witty--in a discreet way. His early Apelles Painting Campaspe, c. 1726-27, shows a familiar story from Pliny: the Greek artist Apelles made a portrait of Campaspe, the mistress of Alexander the Great, which so pleased Alexander that when it was finished, he kept the painting and gave Campaspe herself to the artist. In the painting Tiepolo is Apelles, at the easel; the woman posing as Campaspe is Tiepolo's wife, Cecilia Guardi; Alexander is just an extra...