Word: staging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only are the lyrics powerful, but the scenery is very cleverly done. A revolving section of the stage is used to give the impression of characters walking away and the world passing by. In a battle scene, the actors hide behind an imposing barricade, made from chairs and scraps of lumber. The scenes under the street, in a sewer, are suitably dark and foggy...
...they appear to be snagged at the Planning Board stage of the design review process, but their backers still express confidence that they will get permission to build...
...late, La Generale is putting up a defense. The company issued $1.5 billion in new stock, aiming to dilute the value of De Benedetti's shares. A Brussels commercial court ruled the stock issue invalid, but the Belgian banking commission gave approval for the defense tactic, thus setting the stage for a legal and regulatory battle. Even Belgium's Finance Minister, Mark Eyskens, intervened. "We are not against Europeanization," he reportedly said. "You can do it, but you can't do it sneakily, breaking in like a thief in the night." In a hurriedly called meeting, Eyskens persuaded De Benedetti...
...decades housed a company that emphasized Shakespeare and included some of the great British stage names of the 20th century: Olivier, Gielgud, Richardson, Guinness and Ashcroft among them. Then, from 1963 to 1976, it served as the first home of Britain's National Theater. Thereafter it declined into a mere booking hall, just another space where a producer might launch a commercial production. Now Miller and the theater's owners, Toronto Businessman Ed Mirvish, 73, and his son David, 43, are seeking to bring back the glory days of the classics. Their goal: a commercial troupe to rival in quality...
...compulsive somnolence and early death, to The Poison Oracle, centering on linguistic research among apes at a desert sultanate's laboratory. Perfect Gallows (Pantheon; 234 pages; $16.95) traces the psychic development of a world-class actor who through much of the narrative has barely set foot on a stage, yet feels absolutely certain of his craft and ultimate triumph...