Word: rajahs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DIED. Bosley Crowther, 75, sober, scholarly film critic for the New York Times from 1940 to 1967, and author of The Lion's Share: The Story of an Entertainment Empire (1957) and Hollywood Rajah: The Life and Times of Louis B. Mayer (1960); of a heart attack; in Mount Kisco...
...story is a boggler. Nikiya (Makarova), a bayadére, or temple dancer, and the imperious Rajah's daughter Gamzatti (Cynthia Harvey) are rivals for the love of the great warrior Solor (Anthony Dowell), who pledges himself to Nikiya over a sacred fire. Later the Rajah chooses Solor to marry his daughter. If this sounds like Aida, it is. In the ballet, both women are murderous. Gamzatti, who plants a deadly snake among flowers given to the dancer, is the successful killer, but Nikiya has ectoplasmic revenge. Her spirit appears first in a lyrical vision to Solor, and again...