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...visual as well as verbal madness. Heads pop wildly from behind a screen of evergreens during Malvolio's undoing and Sir Andrew Aguecheek mouthes Sir Toby Belch's speech simultaneously from the opposite end of the stage. Even the propmen are carried away, hamming it up as they wander in to change scenes...

Author: By Elizabeth Healy, | Title: Sin As Its Own Reward | 12/15/1973 | See Source »

...They wander the blasted landscapes of the American future, bickering among themselves, sifting through the ashes of a vanished civilization for some ember to kindle a new world. They do not find one, but instead end up bitter, divided and confused-failed ancestors of a race that will remain unborn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Terminal Station | 12/3/1973 | See Source »

They spent several days and most of their money fixing up their rented home, a run-down two-story poverty pocket like those where some bands languished before making it, and where countless other bands have died out. Dogs wander in threes and fours through the garbage-strewn neighborhood which contains other struggling groups. "This is an old blue collar area rapidly being overrun by Puerto Ricans and hippies," explains Kent Bancroft, the lead singer and rhythm guitarist. "Somewhere along the line, they decided they would rather have us hippies...

Author: By Thomas H. Lee, | Title: Everyone's Hits...But Their Own | 12/3/1973 | See Source »

...sure what she'd have thought of Bram Stoker's Dracula, which I'm told features three Victorian heroes who wander around waving crosses at a rate unmatched at least since Christ was a corporal. In the adaptation now at the Loeb, Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston wisely cut out two heroes and a surplus Victorian heroine but they left all the crosses in. Their hearts, at least, were in the right place...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: That Horrible Wooden Stake | 10/20/1973 | See Source »

...crisis-shattered one tied to a U.S. dollar. But all the top powers were able to bring forth was a deadline of next July 31 for really, truly agreeing on reform. Otherwise, the IMF delegates had a week to listen to speeches; gape at lions, zebras and giraffes; wander around what may be the world's most beautiful conference center; and try to avoid rip-offs on the streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONEY: Glum Drums from Nairobi | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

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