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What proceeds during the night of an attempted tryst (instead of partaking in an important all-night Parliamentary debate in the House of Commons) is one of the most outrageously funny sequences of disasters that could possibly occur during one evening. After being the unfortunate guests in a room with a dead body, Mr. Willey and Mrs. Worthington manage to concoct a series of devilish plans to rid themselves of the interloper with the help of Mr. Willey’s best friend Mr. George Pidgen (Calum Docherty ’07).It becomes clear that they will have...

Author: By Mary CATHERINE Brouder, ON THEATER | Title: Review: Scandal Humors in British Farce | 12/13/2004 | See Source »

...like a secret meeting in the red-light district and a midnight cross-dressing spree in an outdoor produce market. It is the servant couple, played by Karen MacDonald and Thomas Derrah, who hilariously propel the plot through some of its most crucial twists and turns. Their second act tryst summarizes all the characters’ struggles between the forbidden desires, ethical dilemmas and stifling social conventions which they constantly confront in their lives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Theater Review | 12/10/2004 | See Source »

...house, what parts of the body? How did Dan perform? What did he taste like? Was he "better"? "Gentler," she acknowledges, depleted by the hard truths he's forcing out of her. "Sweeter." Larry finally has what he wanted: the instant, utter and mutual eradication of their year-long tryst. "Thank you for your honesty," he tells her. "Now fuck off and die." It's the loser's victory, which he must extend by ruining Dan's life when he returns to Alice. "The brutal part of the beast," Owen told TIME's Desa Philadelphia, "is the fact that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whatever Happened to Movie Sex? | 11/24/2004 | See Source »

When Alfie faces a medical crisis jeopardizing his ability to sustain that appetite, he must face his own mortality. He discovers that a one-night tryst with his best friend’s girlfriend, Lonette (Nia Long), has resulted in pregnancy. Alfie’s relief and regret when he helps Lonette get an abortion reveal the increasing flaws in his youthful assurance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Film Reviews | 11/5/2004 | See Source »

...although no particular tryst inspired the story, Barnes did base the book partially on the story of former Harvard student Gina Grant. After the administration discovered that Grant failed to tell admissions officers she had murdered her mother in her application, she was expelled...

Author: By Annie M. Lowrey, | Title: Investigating Harvard | 5/6/2004 | See Source »

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