Word: riche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reading-period squeeze. In all fairness, the essays suggest that her preference for writing fiction and poetry is well-founded. The value of the book reviews included (analyses of Kate Millett's autobiography Flying Marge Pwrey's Woman on the Edge of Time, and the works of Adrienne Rich, E.L. Doctorow and Tillie Olsen) lies not so much in their sparkling insight; rather, they reveal Atwood's developing ideas on feminism and female expression...
...word at home," True to the tradition, Bruce G. Sabath as Pape Tevye dominates the stage. Sabath grew a beard for his part, and even managers to maintain a Yiddish accent while singing, which itself is extraordinarily strong and solid, especially in Tevye's solo, "If I Were a Rich Man," As Tevye, Sabath brings in a stellar performance as the poor milkman trying to cope with a nagging wife Golde (Ann Pellegrini), five daughters, a perennially lame horse and a changing world...
Pellegrini, too, gets kudos for her performance, Golde is a traditional Jewish mother, nagging her family scheming to marry her daughters to rich man while somehow keeping the house clean and scraping together Sabbath dinners for as many people as Tevye brings home. Pellegrini, for the most part, manages to keep her character from becoming a wooden stereotype, and sings beautifully in her ducts with Sabath...
...kicked off by a simple question about vacations, and finally the talk got around to the multilingual Soviets as opposed to the one-language Americans. "We speak English to Americans; Americans don't speak Russian to us," was one of the remarks. "Perhaps you've been too rich for too long or too safe for too long, but I sense a bit of arrogance," was another...
...fairy queen controls the fate of all the characters, reprieving Iolanthe, helping Strephon rewin his beloved Phyllis, and letting love conquer laws and regulations. And Nan Hughes' Queen stands out with her rich voice and majestic stage presence, ultimately enabling all to live happily ever after...