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...Common. He was trying to explain that to the cop in the cruiser when another officer shouted at him for blocking traffic. The cop in the cruiser pulled over grouchily to talk to the kid, who was scared and breathing hard. The cop took a description of the robber, filled out a four-by-five robbery card, and called his partner over...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: A Cambridge Night | 11/20/1976 | See Source »

...pulled a gun and said "Drop your wallet," the student told the two policemen. They at least went through the motions of paying careful attention. The robber was black, about six feet tall, and wore a light brown jacket, the student said. I remember that clearly because only a few minutes earlier I had walked past a man meeting that description in the darkest part of the Common...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: A Cambridge Night | 11/20/1976 | See Source »

...ROBBER BRIDEGROOM

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Mississippi Romp | 10/25/1976 | See Source »

...play-within-a-play fashion from an opening square dance, and the book, lyrics, music and choreography mesh delightfully to create the mood of innocent bawdry and rustic high jinks. A handsome highwayman, Jamie Lockhart (Barrie Bostwick), wrests a rich plantation owner's purse from some of his robber competitors and restores it to him. The grateful recipient (Stephen Vinovich) invites Jamie home to meet his daughter Rosamund...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Mississippi Romp | 10/25/1976 | See Source »

...girl (Rhonda Coullet) seems to be as ugly as a possum, but Jamie, in his berry-stained guise as the "robber in the woods," has already unconsciously fallen in love with this girl, for in the forest he frequents she appears as a blonde beauty. In one scene where she is accoutered like Lady Godiva, sans horse, he enjoys her favors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Mississippi Romp | 10/25/1976 | See Source »

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