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...Masters student at University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where Prince William, heir to the British throne, was also studying. The Prince made every effort to be a normal student, adopting the rather hopefully democratic moniker "William Wales" and even frequenting a popular student pub called Ma Bells (pronounced "marbles" in his Highness' posh accent). My friends and I enjoyed his company. And why not? William was followed by a bevy of would-be princesses...
Jack E. Fishburn ’08 plays Titus, a Roman general, who returns from war to find that the Roman people have elected him as their new emperor. He nobly relinquishes his throne to Saturninus (John Greene), the late emperor’s eldest son. Saturninus accepts and takes Tamora, Queen of the Goths, as his Empress. In her new position of power, Tamora wreaks bloody revenge on Titus, who killed her eldest son, and his entire family...
...theater, viewed as a wicked pastime of the corrupted Crown. In 1642, Shakespeare’s beloved “wooden O”—The Globe Theater—was closed. But by 1660, the Puritan government had collapsed and Charles II took the throne, ushering in the Restoration and a renaissance in the dramatic arts as theaters were reopened. However, Harvard remained a Puritan stronghold and theater was still discouraged, according to Robert Brustein, founder of the Yale Repertory Theatre and the A.R.T.Only at the start of the 18th century was drama allowed, at least extra...
...YELLOW The King has inspired trends before. Last year, during the celebration of his 60th year on the throne, Thais wore yellow shirts every Monday to commemorate the weekday of his birth...
...story before going to sleep. But his desperation to finish the story, about a man named Woburn, only drove him deeper into madness. In the meantime, another character, known as “The Opener,” sat on a chair at center-stage, as if on a throne. When he’d open one box, the light would shine on the writer, who would come to life. But when The Opener closed the box, the writer would freeze, and his side of the stage would darken. Then, when The Opener opened the box on the other side...