Word: playwrights
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...William Woodley Munich I read your reference to Shakespeare as "Will" with a shudder of distaste. Should we British be grateful you did not call him Bill? Moreover, I must disagree with Gary Taylor's Viewpoint in which he argued against Shakespeare's reputation as history's pre-eminent playwright. Renaissance dramatists Thomas Middleton and Robert Greene were good and even great, but definitely not as great as Shakespeare. My enjoyment of Shakespeare's language, wit and universality has grown steadily over the past 50 years. Clorinda Schaumburg Tübingen, Germany The Price of Victory? I broke down while...
...triumph of the single woman, the importance of long-lasting friendship and frank discussion of class conflict, Holofcener’s film borrows heavily from feminist playwright Wendy Wasserstein, especially the material of “The Heidi Chronicles,” “Uncommon Women,” and “Old Money.” The portrayal of the perplexing nature of female depression in “Friends with Money” seems to echo Michael Cunningham’s book and 2002 screenplay “The Hours.” At the same...
...black dominated hip-hop scene, and that must have influenced the choice of the Beasties as his follow-up to “Tupac Shakur.” His main interest is in the early years of Ad-Rock, MCA and Mike D a.k.a. Adam Horowitz (son of playwright Israel Horowitz!), Adam Yauch, and Michael Diamond...
...preparation for a typical musical has its familiar anxieties: cutting a favorite song, replacing a dialogue scene, finding some extra business for the star. That's nothing compared with the three-year ordeal of bringing Middle-earth to life. The mostly British creative team, beginning with playwright Shaun McKenna, had to figure out how to choreograph the complex battles Tolkien described; how to visualize the dozen realms in the saga and the dozens of characters of many species; how to blend narrative, drama and music in a three-act production--and do it all without retakes or post-production computer...
...late Arthur Miller—and the recently-released anthology of Miller’s play edited by Kushner.Before the event at the Brattle, Kushner also made a visit to at Harvard Hillel to discuss the influence of his Jewish roots on his writing and politics.The New York-based playwright and self-described “Jewish-American gay socialist” brought these many facets of his persona to controversial interpretations of Miller’s plays as well as his own construction of Jewish identity.A GAY JEW IN LOUISIANAIn a question-and-answer session with about 40 Harvard...