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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Four of Chaucer's tales are told: the Miller's, the Steward's, the Merchant's and the Wife of Bath's. The dialogue is all in rhyming couplets, which is rather like spending the evening on a date with a metronome. The stories mainly feature an aging cuckold, a harridan somewhat uglier than sin, and a blonde mini-bombshell named Sandy Duncan, whom nature has cunningly fashioned for everything except acting. In the key roles of the Steward and the Wife of Bath, George Rose and Hermione Baddeley are formidable contenders for a much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Plays: Pilgrims' Regress | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

...someone finally photographed reclusive Billionaire Howard Hughes and Wife Jean Peters? "Howard Hughes: We See You! We See you!" boasts the caption around the Kodak frames on Esquire's March cover and, indeed, the man and woman standing near a swimming pool look strikingly like Mr. and Mrs. Hughes. Spotting the camera, the angry man orders an aide to pursue the photographer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magazines: Dubious Achievement Award | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

...carbon copy of the youth he once was. He is 40-odd, going to fat, bored with his job and his marriage. So-in the legend-he shaves, puts on his gaudiest tie, phones the boss to say he's not coming in, says so long to his wife, and walks off arm in arm with his mistress to find his soul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Hugh Hefner Faces Middle Age | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

Hugh M. Hefner is also an American legend. He is 42, and he is going through a change of life. But Hefner's Playboy empire has made him a millionaire 100 times over. He has no boss to bitch about, no wife to bore him, and he somewhat euphemistically claims to be "the biggest employer of beautiful women in the world." So what does he have to rebel against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Hugh Hefner Faces Middle Age | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

Rituals and Taboos. They are all part of the New York art scene - an open-minded society. Said Louis Tananbaum, a Wall Street stockbroker who was making the rounds of the galleries last Saturday with his wife Linda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Galleries: How to Attend an Opening | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

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