Word: talese
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MODERN DRAMATIC ADAPTATIONS of ancient tales, tragedies or myths are usually fun and sometimes even enlightening. However, when the play becomes overly interested in transmitting contemporary messages at the expense of its original old and foreign setting, it loses its appealing qualities. That is the problem with "Scheherazade's Sister...
The drama was adapted from John Barth's story collection. Chimera, It recounts the ancient story behind the tales of the 1001 Arabian Nights through a contemporary feminist consciousness.
When Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping decreed an "open door" policy for foreign capital and technology a few years ago, he somberly warned his people that "the penetration of bourgeois ideas is inevitable." Sure enough, leggy beauties now glide along sleek runways in Peking modeling the latest Pierre Cardin fashions. Not...
Goldstein's A la Russe brings alive many of the mouth-watering meals of Russian literature, like the robust soups and breads of Gogol's Ukrainian tales. Borsch, the rich beet soup considered typically Russian, is actually native to the Ukraine, which boasts 100 varieties; included here are...
As we slowly made our way to the cars, spectators of both sides recounted tales of unsurpassed debauch, of unrivaled craziness, and bragged of unmatched coolness.