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...more than ten years as a seaman and officer in the British merchant navy, Conrad signed a three-year contract with a Belgian company to serve on river steamboats that plied the Congo River. "Like an empty Huntley and Palmer biscuit tin" was his description of boats like the Roi...
...result of 19th century colonial agreements, half the city-the rich half -was governed by foreigners. In the International Settlement and the neighboring French Concession, Europeans and Americans watched jai alai on the Avenue du Roi Albert, gambled on greyhounds at the Canidrome, and enjoyed the most glittering night life in the world at such places as the Ambassador, the Casanova and the Venus Café. Shanghai was a city for sale. Almost anything-and almost anyone-could be bought for the right price...
...Roi is an epic farce presented by the Harlequin Theatre Company. It was written by Alfred Jarry and is showing at the People's Theatre, 1253 Cambridge St., Inman Square, Cambridge. Tickets are $4 and call 646-6079 or 391-6564 for more info...
...Modern Drama that he would like to bring back the days (nostalgia again) of the riots at the Abbey Theatre during performances of The Playboy of the Western World and The Plough and the Stars, or even the riots after the first word ("merdre") of Jarry's Ubu Roi. Theater when it's working well, he was saying, is meant to be somewhat jarring and disturbing. But this spring's Harvard drama season is in total accord with the national attitude of escape and be merry. It is a whole feast for complacency. Musical comedy is by its very nature...
...meeting had been called Monday night by the NCLC to discuss what they claim are connections between Imamu Baraka (Le Roi Jones) and the CIA. The NCLC says that Baraka is a paid agent...