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Because of the hordes of sightseers and the press contingent perpetually encamped outside, Mrs. Moro, a devout Roman Catholic like her husband, has had to give up her practice of going to Mass every day. The four Moro children−Maria Fida, 32, a journalist; Anna, 29, a pediatrician; Agnese, 26, a university student and part-time employee of CISL, a labor union confederation; and Giovanni, 20, a law student at the University of Rome−have also kept a low profile...
CASTRO'S COSTUMES are interesting variations on the usual Roman garb: robes looped and pinned in assorted way, often split up the sides exposing the loin-cloths beneath. Caligula wears especially formidable garments, a black robe in the first act, a red robe in the second, and in the death scene a combination of colors contrasting the themes of Eros and Thanatos. The multi-level set mixes Roman with primitive, cleverly suggesting the conflict between civilization and repressed primal instincts. A pool in the center of the stage allows the actors to stare into the water and look miserable...
...forth results in passion when a delicate appreciation of the philosophical base of the play is more appropriate, or staunch underplaying when intensity is required. In one scene, Caesonia, Caligula's mistress (Sonia Martinez), tries to explain to Scipio (Matthew Horseman), a sensitive and innocent friend of the young Roman emperor, why Caligula had his father's tongue torn from his mouth and then slain for no apparent reason. In an attempt to make Scipio empathize with the personal torment of Caligula and understand the motives behind his random, merciless acts of violence, Caesonia pulls Scipio close...
...intelligent defenders of the society Caligula sets out to destroy, fails to exude the shrewd acrimony of the practical man who knows what he wants and knows how to get it. This villain sports a long, thin moustache and a Latin accent, suggesting the Frito Bandito loose in the Roman Empire. Sonia Martinez evokes the right amount of cruelty, sensuality, and vacuousness that you would expect from a woman who devotes her life to a man who kills for reasons she finds incomprehensible, although she misses the more serious sides of Caesonia's personality. The supporting players are the weakest...
...idea of using the sun's energy is far from new. Archimedes is said to have focused the sun's rays with mirrors to set on fire an invading Roman fleet in 212 B.C. Over the past century, experimental solar units have been used to power everything from a printing press in France to a water-distilling plant in Chile. With today's advanced technology, the potential is enormous. The sunlight falling on earth could theoretically provide 100,000 times the total energy output of all existing power stations. At present there are three forms of active...