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...frustrated by what I saw as Penelope’s pathetic loyalty. I kept on putting down “The Odyssey” to sneak a peek at the next book on the syllabus, which I thought to be far more satisfying: “The Scarlet Pimpernel.”Luckily, my bad experience with “The Odyssey” hasn’t prejudiced me against all the novels with a Homerian essence. Before I was halfway through Bernhard Schlink’s “Homecoming,” I had decided that...
...British imposed fines on Pashtuns who refused to cooperate with their search, bombed troublesome villages, burned the fields of unhelpful tribesmen and destroyed the houses of his ringleaders-a violent clampdown that only alienated the local population further. A London newspaper heralded Khan in a couplet as the Scarlet Pimpernel of the East: "They sought him here, they sought him there, those columns sought him everywhere." After independence and the partitioning of India, Khan became a thorn in the side of the new Pakistan government, violently agitating for an independent Pashtunistan until his death, by natural causes...
...wasn't Diego Alatriste y Tenorio. As an infantry captain, he had fought well against Spain's enemies. But now he was hacking out a squalid living in Madrid as a sword-for-hire. Nevertheless, Captain Alatriste is poised to become fiction's hottest international swashbuckler since the Scarlet Pimpernel. Already a cult hero in Spain, Alatriste is the star of five novels by former journalist Arturo Pérez-Reverte that have sold more than 4 million copies in 50 countries since the first volume appeared a decade ago. That book, Captain Alatriste, was finally published in English last...
Terrence Mann is probably the finest baritone of his generation. Having originated lead roles in shows from Les Miserables to Beauty and the Beast to The Scarlet Pimpernel, his resume almost overqualifies him for the Rocky Horror Show. Though the production is a delight, Mann’s casting was curious, for the silver-maned 50 year-old actor seemed simply too distinguished to play a decadent transvestite. But Mr. Mann not only fills the rather large high-heels left by original lead Tom Hewitt, but exceeds his predecessor. Mann, whose performance is musical in all aspects, created a vocally...
...original performers still with the piece have only deepened their portrayals. Of particular note, Ana Gasteyer, on summer hiatus from Saturday Night Live, made for a winning Columbia, and theater vet Terrence Mann, who originated leads in Cats, Les Mis, Beauty and the Beast, Assassins, and the Scarlet Pimpernel, has recently taken over Frank-n-Furter’s high heels and lingerie from the dazzling Tom Hewitt. He was quite promising in his debut and should be a top-notch Frank...