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...lung's empire, a new civil war is raging among the Vietnamese. Chief victors so far: the three Tay Son brothers, Nhac, Lu and Hué, who started a rebellion four years ago against the tyrannical and inefficient regime of the Nguyen family. Originally bandits in the Robin Hood style, the Tay Sons soon gathered enough peasant supporters to challenge the Nguyen armies in the field. This spring they captured the settlement of Ta Ngon (pronounced Saigon), and the eldest of the brothers proclaimed himself "Vuong" (King...
...justice to the 19-member cast, none flags in his or her efforts. As artistic director of the festival, Robin Phillips deserves unstinting credit for offering Stratford audiences the full bounty of a playwright of Congreve's stature. In The Way of the World, Congreve walks as close as he ever could in Moliere's footsteps. He casts a pitiless light on the vices of a leisure class that is trapped too high on the social scale for aspiration. Following an endless round of pleasure, these people are self-indulgent, inconstant, frustrated and foiled. In their cynical worldliness...
There are Russian spies, a kidnaped British scientist, a Pakistani Robin Hood, a Soho gay bar and some madness in a Bavarian castle. All of which is typical movie fare for fans of intrepid Inspector Clouseau, the bumbling gumshoe played by Peter Sellers. After a trio of previous successes (The Pink Panther, A Shot in the Dark, The Return of the Pink Panther), Sellers and Director Blake Edwards have teamed up for another round of Clouseau capers with The Pink Panther Strikes Again. This time Sellers' co-star is Actress Lesley-Anne Down, formerly Georgina in the Upstairs, Downstairs...
...summary, one could wish for a more objective examination of the issues. Their intrinsic validity should be under question, and not their societal acceptability. I can only admire the conscientiousness of those who stand by their unpopular opinions. Robin Kanwisher...
...collegiate all-stars faced each other and various club teams Sunday in a round-robin test to determine who would represent New England in the national tournament...