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Word: underruns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1971-1971
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...promisingly seedy setting for John Osborne's latest play, which opened last week to culminate the London summer season. The locale and title are West of Suez-a former British outpost in the Caribbean, now underrun by surly native administrators and overrun by American tourists. Four English sisters, their spouses and assorted hangers-on have gathered at a villa for a holiday with the sisters' father, an aging, eminent writer (Ralph Richardson). The whole crowd is psychologically on the lam, morally lying low, parceling out a diminishing stock of options while they keep a furtive lookout for some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Pick of the London Season | 8/30/1971 | See Source »

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