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Britain's Transglobe Expedition is the first effort to circumnavigate the earth going over the poles, using only ground and sea transportation. Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 38 (call him Ran Fiennes, his friends do), along with Compatriot Charles Burton, 40, and other team members, set out from Greenwich, England, in September 1979. On Easter Sunday, some 50,000 miles later, the adventurers raced the spring thaw to their penultimate destination, the top of the world. Though a hazardous voyage back to Greenwich over quickly melting ice still lies ahead, Fiennes was exuberant. He rammed a slightly frozen Union...
Heading a top international cast, Italian Baritone Renato Bruson was totally in harmony with the conductor. His Sir John was not the lecherous, cardboard heavyweight of operatic cliche but a man of complex emotions-however inappropriately addressed to two married ladies of Windsor After a somewhat tentative start, Bruson's sharply focused voice proved equal to Verdi's demands, from the boisterous "L'onore" monologue at the end of the first scene to the sprightly C major fugue that closes the work...
MANY PEOPLE LOSE their heads when forced to compromise their values. But Sir Thomas More refused to compromise his values and lost his head, literally. More, the 16th century philosopher, scholar and ardent catholic, not only sparks the deadly anger of a king-but also inspires the hero of Robert Bolt's A Man For All Seasons, currently playing at Mather House...
...during the stormy reign of King Henry VIII, the play revolves around the events leading up to Sir Thomas More's execution for refusing to sanction Henry's divorce of his first wife to marry his mistress Anne Boleyn. Henry doesn't require More's permission as his chancellor to marry again: he merely wants the approval of his friend to the point he will kill More if he doesn't sign his name to a piece of paper, condoning the marriage...
This play has been performed many times before and will continue to be performed as it provides the delicious role of a man driven sole; by his principles. But only if an actor can capture all the inner fibers of Sir Thomas More can the play truly be called A Man For All Seasons...