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...surprising number cried good riddance to the 40-acre Regent's Park facility, which was established by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1828 for the "introduction of curious subjects to the animal kingdom." Janet Fookes, head of Parliament's animal-rights committee, said closing the zoo would be a "major step forward for animal welfare," while Will Travers, director of the anti-zoo campaign Zoo Check, argued that "keeping animals in captivity for entertainment" could no longer be justified...
Celebrity detection is not difficult here. Felicia Lisle, a beautiful British actress who wins an Oscar just before World War II playing a Southern belle in Hollywood's grandest period extravaganza, sounds a lot like Vivien Leigh. And her lover and frequent co-star, the great Shakespearean actor Sir Robert Vane, would need no letter of introduction to Laurence Olivier. Do we recognize bits of the brassy showman Billy Rose? Is that lovable, tormented, red-haired American comedian a scrap of Danny Kaye? Yoo-hoo, Sir Ralph...
...engineers, and at its end, everyone expected them to usher in a new age of prosperity. But Britain's R. and D. capabilities were never sufficiently transferred to private industry. Because the British government was determined to remain a great power, it skewed research and development toward defense. Said Sir Henry Tizard, the father of radar and the government's chief science adviser between 1946 and 1952: "We are a great nation, but if we continue to behave like a great power, we shall soon cease to be a great nation." Britain, like the U.S. now, suffered from a profound...
...plot is predictable: Valentine travels to work for the Duke in Milan, leaving his friend Proteus, who is in love with Julia (Dawn Li), in Verona. In Milan, Valentine falls in love with the Duke's daughter Silvia (Joanna Weiss), who is engaged to the pompous Sir Thurio (Robert Ashley). Proteus is sent to Milan by his father, and he too becomes enamored of Silvia and manages to thwart Valentine's plan to marry...
Modern costumes and anachronistic gestures, such as the exchange of an elaborate high-five between the Duke and Sir Thurio, heighten the dialogue's clumsiness. Although these modern touches are cute, most of the staging and delivery of the lines is traditional. Wu's decision to combine classical and modern elements rather than focus on one type of interpretation makes the dialogue appear archaic...