Word: romeos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...energetically performed by the Philadelphians and Soloist Gregory Fulkerson. Finally, Dvorak's undeservedly neglected Fifth Symphony received a taut performance that, among other virtues, was notable for the breathtaking precision of the strings. Two days later in Philadelphia, Muti took an Apollonian view of Berlioz's sprawling "dramatic symphony," Romeo et Juliette, featuring Soprano Jessye Norman and Bass-Baritone Simon Estes. For all its splendor, however, the performance could have used more intensity and less Gallic detachment...
Taylor dates the poem to between 1593-1595, the same years during which Shakespeare, then around 30, wrote "Romeo and Juliet," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and "Love's Labour's Lost...
Moreover, the poem also includes several phrases nearly identical to passages in "Romeo and Juliet," Taylor added...
Neither the external nor the internal evidence is strong, Evans said. "Commonplace book attributions are notoriously uncertain," he said, and as for its "Romeo and Juliet" connections, Evans said, "Anything can echo Romeo and Juliet and many...
...hypocrisy, xenophobia, catty gossip, and the usual repressed instincts lurking under propriety. Even death in this tumbleweed town is a cause for excitement. Pearl Burris, the canincidal matron with a taste for strychnine stands in the funeral home, admiring the "lovely-looking corpse" of Judge Buckner, her long-ago Romeo, found dead in a Dale Evans one-piece swimsuit. Meanwhile, the latest word from Nadine's mother is that Nadine has run away again and that "if you see her on the road, you shouldn't run her over or pick her up." As the all-purpose radio announcers...