Word: queene
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most arresting of all is the hero, Arnold Beckoff, played by the author. Arnold's occupation is drag queen; he sings torch songs at a Manhattan gay bar called the International Stud. As the first play opens, he is sitting in costume in his dressing room. He delivers some straight talk about his life, his loves and his lovers, and very quickly, without seeming to try, seduces the audience. Arnold is one of those characters who demand-and receive-an audience's affection. He is tough, funny and, in his own upside-down way, almost clairvoyant...
With all of its flaws, however, Torch Song Trilogy, is a remarkable achievement. All the actors seem right, and several are exceptional, but the evening, in acting as well as writing, clearly belongs to Fierstein, 27. The son of a Brooklyn handkerchief maker, he began working as a drag queen in East Village clubs at 16 before turning to playwriting at 19. Onstage, his voice derives from Tallulah Bankhead, and his drag-queen clothes would look good on Carmen Miranda. In every other way he is unique. Like the very best actors, he does not play a part, he inhabits...
...Freddie, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in June 1978, tried in vain to get help. Last Sir Freddie Thursday he phoned Iain Sproat, Britain's Under-Secretary for Trade, to warn that without government aid, his airline would crash. Later that day Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher discussed Laker's plight with several Cabinet members, but chose not to bail out the carrier. Early next morning, at a tense meeting with his board of directors at Gatwick, Laker called it quits...
...overwhelmingly popular monarch in an egalitarian age, Queen Elizabeth II, 55, passed a milestone last week-her 30th anniversary as Queen of the United Kingdom and head of the Commonwealth...
...Queen celebrated her pearl jubilee in the company of her husband, Prince Philip, 60, and her corgis, a breed Elizabeth made famous when she took to it in the days when she was a princess. Although she has outlasted all but ten British monarchs, Her Majesty is still 34 years shy of the mark set by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria (1837-1901). If Elizabeth does set a new record, it will not be realized until the year 2014. Heir Apparent Prince Charles, 33, would then...