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...cause of all the jubilation was the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who was reluctant for her husband to take the throne in the first place, but is, as the London Times declared, probably the most popular royal personage of all time. To the British she symbolizes more than the monarchy: she is the storybook grandmother, loving and merry, always ready with a Band-Aid or a bag of sweets. Reports TIME London Bureau Chief Bonnie Angelo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Romp and Circumstance | 8/18/1980 | See Source »

...YORK--Though you could tell something was up around Madison Square Garden this past weekend, you probably wouldn't have guessed that the president of the United States, the royal court and the pretenders to the throne were on their way into town. Hotels up and down Seventh Avenue gleamed a bit more brightly and familiar network faces beaming at ActionCams drew crowds of "Hi Mom"-ers, but most of the people, bicycles, carts and cars just stumbled along in the humidity, grumbling and snarling...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: 'I'm in a New York State of Mind' | 8/12/1980 | See Source »

Richard also loves dressing up to different costumes, whether a severe coat or bright red cape. When he hankers for the throne but pretends piously to reject sit, he finally takes off a dun-colored clerical cassock and turns it inside out to reveal--hilariously--an instantaneous royal-purple velvet gown...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: The Bard | 8/12/1980 | See Source »

STRATFORD, Conn.--Among Shakespeare's plays, Richard III ranks second only to Hamlet in the total number of lines, in the size of the title role, and in its appeal to actors and producers over the centuries. The bloody monster who murdered his way to the throne (a notoriously inaccurate historical portrait) has over the years engaged the talents of several women, boys in their early teens, and even little Ellen Bateman, who began acting the role professionally when she was four...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: The Bard | 8/12/1980 | See Source »

...ability of Michael O'Hare, but he does possess a warm and beautiful voice. His main function is to fight Richard to the death. So we have Moriarty, Dartmouth '63, pitted against O'Hare, Harvard '74. After too brief a bit of swordplay, Harvard wins and will ascend the throne as Henry...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: The Bard | 8/12/1980 | See Source »

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