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Bruce is a musical messiah whose time has come. I only hope he is not crucified by renown...
...Bruins appear to have finally hit the big time, immortalized by an appearance in a televised championship game. Whether they are worthy of that renown will be answered in a few hours...
...Teeth (a revival of which will open at the Colonial Theater in Boston on August 51, and The Matchmaker. A small number, to be sure: but Chekhov's rightly elevated rank as a dramatist tests on only four plays, while Webster, Wycherly, Sheridan, Beaumarchais, Biichner and Rostand enjoy renown on the basis of two each...
Whisper Who Dares. Rather the reverse. The book notes some of the minor agonies of a lifetime trying to escape from literary renown: "Now Marmaduke, you can tell your friends you've shaken hands with Christopher Robin." Milne mentions his toe-curling horror at hearing classmates at boarding school play a record of Vespers on the Victrola: "Hush! Hush! Whisper who dares! Christopher Robin is saying his prayers." Enchanted Places is eloquent about the joys of countryside, the felicities of light verse. Milne writes with wit and humane perception about his later relationship with his father. In a space...
...Kelman's sources in order to try to prove his case for libel. No matter what the consequences, Kelman has said, he will never reveal those sources. His lawyers are planning an appeal against the ruling that Linsey is now essentially a private citizen elevated to sudden renown by news events. Some legal observers also fear that a precedent set in this case will allow an individual to use a libel action to force disclosure of sources, even if the suit itself is transparently flimsy. The ultimate outcome of both cases could decisively shape the future of investigative journalism...