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...solely a security decision," Peters said. "[The attackers] adequately demonstrated they are serious enough, and since we couldn't adequately defend the station against intruders, I decided it wouldn't be wise to continue the program...
...first the play, written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, seems a little fragmented, and Thoreau (Josh Frost) ditsy rather than wise. But in the course of the performance, the play takes form. Lawrence and Lee use a series of flashbacks explaining Thoreau's civil disobedience and his getting out of jail, as well as a dream sequence involving the Mexican war. Also, various characters, such as Emerson and Thoreau's mother, appear to say things from the past, as voices from Thoreau's memory...
...surrealism works to build the play's image of Thoreau, by organizing the play according to his character and not strictly to historical events. By the end of the play, all the fragments have weaved themselves together to form a coherent picture of a Thoreau who seems wise and who has learned that he cannot divorce himself from the world...
...very well done and very classy," said Wise...
...COOK by Julia Child (Knopf; $50). The first tome in nine years from the nation's queen of cuisine is, expectedly, an instructional masterpiece: precise directions, lavish illustrations, wise little tips on timing and the proper tools. The recipes are mostly Euroclassics with variations, many lightened for health-conscious American palates. A boon for beginners; a must for the more experienced...