Word: nathaniel
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...doing this, he overrode the Africa Desk of the U.S. State Department. The Africa Desk staff knew that U.S. support, through NATO, of the Portuguese colonialists against the African liberation movements would make it hard for the U.S. to present itself as the defenders of freedom in southern Africa. Nathaniel Davis, head of the Africa Desk, resigned in protest...
...have always wanted to do the Scarlet Letter because it is an interesting piece of Americana," explained Modern Dance Choreographer Martha Graham, 81, as she introduced her interpretation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel last week to an appreciative New York audience. While Graham Protegee Janet Eilber danced the part of Adulteress Hester Prynne in the classic Puritan story, the role of the Rev. Dimmesdale went to celebrated Russian Expatriate Rudolf Nureyev. "I see no irony in using a Russian to dance the lead in this very American story," insisted la grande Graham. "I choose dancers, not nationalists...
...writers, loud and agonizing, force Miss Lonelyhearts to become immersed in his. Originally a means of advancing his career and increasing his paper's circulation, the column he writes serves finally as a conduit for personal tragedy; awakened to a vain search for an antidote to life's cruelty. Nathaniel West's tormented protagonist inevitably discovers that he too is "a victim of the joke, not its perpetrator...
Miss Lonelyhearts. A partially successful production of an adaptation of Nathaniel West's novella about a sort of grotesque Dear Abby. The play itself is a watered down, '50s version of the original, but Stephen Kolzak's direction is tight and his cast--with the unfortunate exception of Robert Beusman as Miss Lonelyhearts--does an able job of conveying the negativity of West's vision. See the review on page 2 of today's Crimson. In the Quincy House Dining Room, December 4-7 and 11-13, at 8:15 p.m. Tickets...
Miss Lonelyhearts. An adaptation of Nathaniel West's short novel about a newspaper columnist, a sort of grotesque "Dear Abby," who becomes involved in the lives of his unhappy correspondents. Guaranteed to depress you. At the Loeb Ex, November 20-22, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets available free at the box office the day preceding each performance...