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...Camelot, costalot, cutalot" was how its first Broadway director described his own production. Neher and crew chose to avoid extravagance in favor of a minimalist approach: a single bare set--a platform with a "throne" on one end and a ladder on the other--instead of 16 different sets, a cast pared-down from 28 to just eight, one pianist instead of an orchestra, and less than extravagant costumes. These measures give focus to Camelot's story, nicely highlighting its comic verve and the lusty love triangle between King Arthur, his Queen, Guinevere (usually referred to as Jenny...
Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, decides to bury her just-deceased brother, Polynices, although a city law forbids it. Antigone had already buried her parents and her other brother, Eteokles, who had followed Oedipus to the throne. But because Polynices raised an army and attacked his own homeland and brother, the new king of the city, Creon refuses to allow her to bury the traitor. Creon, their uncle, wants the dead Polynices torn apart by wild dogs...
Charles, Prince of Wales, will become Harvard's chief spokesman and director of its News Office, trading places with David M. Rosen, who will soon become heir to the British throne...
...their twelve-day trip to Australia, Charles was the center of a political brouhaha at home. Rod Hackney, an architect who advises Charles on community planning, had told the press that the Prince was deeply concerned about urban and racial unrest and did not want to succeed to the throne of a divided Britain. It came out that the Prince, who has recently been depicted as something of a royal layabout, has actually been making clandestine visits to the homeless of London and seeking advice on how to remedy inner-city decay. Critics of the government applauded, while Conservatives gave...
...part Charles' restlessness may reflect a desire to redefine his public role. Observes Royal Biographer Robert Lacey: "He has to develop a strategy for the ten to 20 years before he takes the throne. He cannot spend them politely expressing interest in problems." The Prince, indeed, seems on the verge of becoming an activist. He spends considerable time and effort on the "youth initiative" of the Prince's Trust, a program that helps young people start their own businesses. Troubled by high British unemployment rates, he would like to extend the scheme to every major city in the country...