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...prince Segismundo, Bradford is outstanding and occasionally inspiring. He brings a feeling of majesty and outraged dignity to his powerful portrayal of the troubled and denied heir to his father's throne. His visible dramatic conviction and sheer physical presence make him perfect for a number of roles--Othelio, for example, springs to mind...
...favor of a George, with Henry considered a 50-to-1 long shot. But Henry it was. Henry Charles Albert David, to be regal about it; Prince Harry, as he has already been dubbed by Britons one and all. The third in line to the throne wasted no time in the hospital. A glowing Prince Charles and Diana took him home just a day after his arrival. Not to worry about an o'erhasty departure though. Just as it does for every other British newborn, the National Health Service will send a "health visitor" round to little Harry...
...contemporary ruler is as crafty and consistently surprising as Shakespeare's Henry V, it is surely King Hassan II of Morocco. Like Prince Hal, Hassan was once a high-spirited playboy who has managed to disarm his critics by adroitly consolidating his power. Since he inherited the throne at age 31 from his father Mohammed V in 1961, Hassan has worked hard to make himself and his kingdom Western, Arabic and African all at once. He can play by turns the extravagant cosmopolite who rides horses with President Reagan, and the devout Muslim who is officially known as Commander...
Nowadays, Morocco's 170,000-man army has no Minister of Defense or Chief of Staff to challenge Hassan, and only one active general. Ultimately, the King intends to pass the throne on to his son, Crown Prince Sidi Mohammed, now a 21-year-old student. Morocco's economic troubles show no signs of subsiding. But Hassan, like King Henry, has proved so resilient that even cynical Western observers are tempted to see him as his most devout followers do: as the 35th descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, blessed with divine protection. -By Pico Iyer. Reported by Philip...
...whose previous subjects include Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy and Catherine the Great. A master of the purposeful anecdote, the graceful accretion of detail that helps explain motive and madness, Troyat finds the key to Ivan's character in the ruler's early life. The heir to the throne of Muscovy was orphaned at seven, and he grew up amid endless scheming by Russia's landed aristocracy, the boyars. "Observing the brutal treatment that grown men inflicted on their fellows, he made ready to imitate them by tormenting animals," writes Troyat. "Standing on the ramparts of the Kremlin...