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...most part, though, the directors' choices to do Shakespeare need no explanation beyond the excellence of the plays. "Why do many Shakespeares go up? [Because] he's a damn good playwright," said David Corlette '96, one of the designers of Trollius and Cressida's rave-style lighting. Director Martijn Hostetler '00 agreed, saying "I think people choose do to Shakespeare because he's a terrific writer. Many times during our rehearsal process we'll read over a certain passage a couple of times, and marvel at how wonderfully complex and expressive...

Author: By Taylor R. Terry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Shakespeare Syndrome | 5/5/2000 | See Source »

...week the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia will unveil a collection of letters written by the Swedish sylph that have sat unread since 1960 and may portray a side of the actress never seen in her movies. The letters were given to the museum by their recipient--poet, playwright and socialite MERCEDES DE ACOSTA, who is perhaps best known for her purported affairs with Marlene Dietrich and Isadora Duncan. The correspondence is believed to suggest that Garbo also ranked among her conquests. De Acosta stipulated that the letters should remain sealed until 10 years after the death of both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 24, 2000 | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...FAVORITE PLAYWRIGHT WHO, THANK GOD, STILL HASN'T LOST IT: David Mamet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: As Follows: Send Us More! | 4/20/2000 | See Source »

...roomed with the poet Frank O'Hara and was friends with the poet John Ashbery. Gorey joined Cambridge's Poets Theater with O'Hara, where he worked as a designer, director and playwright...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gorey, a Master of the Macabre, Dies at 75 | 4/18/2000 | See Source »

...changes, for no discernible reason, some details, including the names of the actress's first husband and first Hollywood agent. Hundreds of other people in Monroe's life appear accurately named or identified by easily decoded initials. Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller are "the ex-Athlete" and "the Playwright." You can probably guess who is "the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Anatomy of an Icon | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

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