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...large measure by ill-advised marriages. Dorothea Brooke (Juliet Aubrey) is ward of her eccentric uncle Arthur (Robert Hardy), who is known as "the worst landlord in the county" for the shabby way he treats his tenants. Dorothea's desire to improve the lot of others leads her to wed the Rev. Edward Casaubon (Patrick Malahide), a scholar and cleric more than twice her young age. She is enraptured by his dream -- to write a book proving that all religions stem from the same source...
...wed actor Michael O'Keefe, 38, now a regular on TV's Roseanne and Raitt's occasional songwriting partner. "It's been satisfying and very challenging," she says. "When you have two strong personalities, it's an adjustment to learn how to compromise. There's a constant thrust and parry in allowing the other person to have some space. It's a classic case of 'I can't believe I'm saying these things that I heard my parents say across the dinner table...
...Woman of No Importance. Through March 13. A rare revival of one of Oscar Wilde's early comedies of Victorian Society. Lyric Stage, 140 Clarendon St., Boston. Wed.-Fri., 8 p.m. Saturday, 5 and 8:30 p.m. Sunday and Thursday, 2 p.m. $17-$26. Call 437-7172 for tickets and more information...
...what was going to happen to me, that's why I applied to school, I thought I've got to get out of this, I've got to pull myself together. Yes, I was terrified. When I went to Holyoke, there was the saying, "Smith to bed, Holyoke to wed." And I did have a Yale boyfriend, who was my high school boyfriend, and a part of me just thought, I should do all these things I don't really want to do, but if you do them, then you're fine, and no one will [worry] about...
Accommodation and compromise only begin at the altar. The qualities that attracted Dan Kalmanson, an Anglo of European extraction, to Yilva Martinez in a Miami reggae club -- her Spanish accent, exotic style of dance and playfulness -- had a more challenging echo in their married life. After they wed in 1988, Ignacio, Yilva's then eight-year-old son by a previous marriage, moved from Venezuela to join the couple. Dan, 33, spoke no Spanish, the boy no English. The couple decided to compel Ignacio to speak English. He caught on so fast that his Spanish soon degenerated. Says Yilva...