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...already know that Shakespeare virtually invented English. If we are to believe America's critic in chief, the playwright also invented human nature. In this tome the self-styled "Bloom Brontosaurus Bardolater" offers play-by-play essays that are a humane hymn to Shakespeare's continuing relevance as our "mortal god." If he does not quite prove his tremendous thesis, the author of The Western Canon amiably excuses himself on the ground that "explaining Shakespeare is an infinite exercise; you will become exhausted long before the plays are emptied out." Bloom may feel spent after 745 pages, but his essays...
DIED. JAMES GOLDMAN, 71, history-focused playwright and screenwriter best known for his gripping The Lion in Winter; of a heart attack; in New York City. Though his Broadway version quickly folded, his 1968 screen version of the 12th century battle-of-the-sexes succession fight between Henry II (Peter O'Toole) and Eleanor of Aquitaine (Katharine Hepburn) earned him an Oscar. Goldman also wrote the book for the Sondheim musical Follies...
...Ryan and Sara, the two of you have been involved in a number of theatrical productions here at Harvard and have served in a number of different capacities. Why did you decide to take upon the roles of playwright and producer for this project...
DIED. JEROME WEIDMAN, 85, novelist and playwright who depicted Big Apple archetypes from fast-talking garmentos to frenetic politicians; in New York City. His works include the musical Fiorello!, about Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize...
Yesterday David Mamet, a prominent playwright and author of screenplays such as Wag the Dog and Oleanna, spoke to a crowd of approximately 100 people about the philosophy behind his work...