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...There’s something in the American sensibility right now where people want to be transported to a time that’s different enough that the story provides an escape but still appears modern?? Brands says. He believes an over-emphasis on diversity and difference has created an impulse among Americans to find common links, especially through a common history...
...Lucretius’ epic De Rerum Natura. Thus, Stallings’ preoccupation with classical themes is not particularly surprising. What is especially interesting about Stallings’ work is that in spite of her devotion to the Classics, she does not shy away from exploring themes that are uniquely modern??even futuristic...
...Aphra Behn and directed by Partick Demers, runs a somewhat lengthy three hours but keeps a brisk pace throughout. It chronicles the complex misadventures of a group of Englishmen as they experience a variety of romantic troubles. Though the play was first performed in 1677, the plot seems strikingly modern??relationship problems are always relevant...