Word: playes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MYSTERY OF THE ROSE BOUQUET. Jane Alexander and Anne Bancroft play a nurse and a patient in a taut psychological study by Manuel Puig, author of The Kiss of the Spider Woman, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles...
...Good Men is at least as good a play as The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, which it resembles. The production is adroit, and its subject -- the degree to which the military is properly subordinate to civilian values -- has never ceased to be topical. But it suffers from bad timing. Plays that are in essence debates need each side to be able to make a reasonable case. In this conflict between career military "defenders" and soon-to-be-civilian attorneys over the rights of the accused, the imbalance is not in the play but in the minds of audiences. The flood...
...that Murphy's worst idea is his own character. His box-office power having brought Paramount groveling to its knees, offering him any indulgence he wants, Murphy has come to fancy himself a killer, and that is the role he tries to play here: a psychopathic hit man. He is not a good enough actor for this particular assignment, nor has he the skill as writer and director to use cold-blooded murder (three times) as the topper for gag sequences. Once or twice his former sweet hipness glimmers through, and he has written a funny...
...have to find a substitute crop ((for coca)), and the economic and technical resources, as well as the political will, of the North must play a role. We must attack this crime without borders with a policy without borders. % Otherwise we will never be able to eliminate...
...Harvard community come swimming with babies in tow. The safest way to transport a baby is in a stroller. Back packs, "Snuglis," slings or in bare arms places both child and adults at risk for falls. Strapped in a stroller, the baby can easily be wheeled, look around, play with small toys or sleep. Someone could bump into the stroller, yes, and/or knock it into the pool. Therefore, children strapped in carriages should be kept away from poolside and be attended to by an adult at all times...