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Another casting innovation concerns the roles of Menelaus, Helen of Troy's husband, and Paris, Helen of Troy's lover, both played by Jeff Rossman. It's no wonder that Menelaus doesn't look too worried about recapturing his wandering wife when the Greeks sit down to plot strategies--he knows that he has only to wait for the next scene change to take her in his arms and whisper sweet Grecian nothings into...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Shakespeare Straight & Tragic | 4/19/1985 | See Source »

...express screeched to a halt, Goetz, wearing a blue windbreaker, quickly scanned the cars, looking for a relatively empty one. According to his later statements, he took a seat across from the door through which he entered, on a long bench. Directly opposite him sat Troy Canty, 19; to Goetz's right, on a short two-seat bench, sat Darrell Cabey, 19, and James Ramseur, 19. Diagonally across from Goetz sat Barry Allen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Troubled and Troubling Life | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

...have numerous arrests among them. The police recovered three screwdrivers from the jackets of two of the victims. They were not so much weapons as tools of their trade: robbing video-game machines. Canty's brother, free-basing cocaine while talking to a New York Post reporter, said that Troy was high at the time of the shooting. Goetz told Friedman on the phone, "Those guys, I'm almost sure, are vicious, savage people." An attorney in the D.A.'s office confirmed Goetz's suspicions: "This was a rough bunch of kids." (In a bizarre twist, Ramseur was arrested last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Troubled and Troubling Life | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

...waives immunity and anything he says can be used against him later in court. The grand jury, which was convened last week on the basis of new evidence, heard testimony from a subway passenger who contradicted Goetz's account of the shooting. Two of the gunman's victims, Troy Canty and James Ramseur, also appeared after they were granted immunity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Subway Gunman: Prime-Time Celebrity | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...after reading the report and watching a video-taped interview Goetz gave to Concord detectives, a New York grand jury decided not to indict him on the four attempted-murder charges sought by the Manhattan D.A. The jury charged Goetz only with illegal weapons possession. At week's end Troy Canty, one of Goetz's victims, decided to testify against the gunman, without immunity from prosecution. His testimony could constitute "new information," which would be grounds for resubmitting the case to a second grand jury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Subway Gunman Some Kind of Hero | 3/11/1985 | See Source »

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