Word: roles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...major acting burden falls on the heroine Rosalind, which is the longest female role in all Shakespeare (there are ten or so longer male parts, topped by Hamlet, Richard III, Iago and Henry V). Rosalind is longer even than Cleopatra, which is the most difficult of the women's roles. Bernard Shaw attributed the great popularity of Rosalind to three factors: she speaks blank verse only for a few minutes; she wears a skirt only a few minutes; and she makes love to the man instead of waiting for him to make love to her. The last idea...
...current Rosalind is the much-honored Eileen Atkins, making her AST debut. Mis Atkins is no stranger to the part, having played it (in bluejeans) back home with the Royal Shakespeare Company three years ago. She is still young enough for the role, though she is not so pretty as one would like. Her angular face is no insuperable drawback, however, since she spends most of the play disguised as a curly-headed Ganymede in a riding outfit...
Clarifying what is possible within our current resources is a vital task for politicians. Improving our understanding of, and our capacity to be effective within the limits imposed by reality, is also an important role for universities...
...elaborate on some of these issues. While they particularly concern the politician, universities will fail in their role if they do not make an important contribution to dealing with them...
...look forward to a continuation of good working relationships with the Chinese government both now and in the future. A realistic view requires us to recognize that despite ideological differences there are important areas where our interests overlap. ..China is clearly concerned at the Soviet role on her northern and southern frontiers. Australia and China have a like interest in seeing that Soviet power in the Pacific and South East Asia is balanced by the power of other major states or by appropriate regional arrangements...