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From disaster to opportunity
247-4794William Ivey Long has been called the busiest costume designer on Broadway with a career that spans more than 50 shows. But a tragic event hundreds of miles away from New York made this past year his busiest ever. In September 2007, an early morning fire...Tags: Dolly Parton, Imperial and Royal Matters, Radio City Music Hall, Literature, College of William and Mary
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Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots, to battle on B'way
England's Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots, will square off on Broadway next spring in the critically acclaimed London production of "Mary Stuart," starring Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter. McTeer will portray Mary, Queen of Scots, and Walter...Tags: Theater, Broadway, New York, Music Theater, William Shakespeare
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'My Name Is Will' by Jess Winfield
My Name Is Will
A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare
Jess Winfield
Twelve: 292 pp., $23.99
If all the books ever written about William Shakespeare were strung together, they would ring the Earth. Yet for all these many inspired analyses, ardent...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Stratford, Walt Disney Co., William Shakespeare, Book
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A sampling of shows in Stratford
***1/2 "Hughie" and "Krapp's Last Tape": In this powerful double-bill showcasing the fine actor Brian Dennehy, you get a fresh sense of the thematic relationship between Eugene O'Neill and Samuel Beckett. Goodman Theatre audiences already saw Dennehy's...Tags: Theater, Samuel Beckett, Stratford, Music Theater, Goodman Theatre
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'Painter In a Savage Land' by Miles Harvey
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJuly 2, 2008 Glimpsed in history's rearview mirror, events seem to follow one upon the other with fluid inevitability. Thus, the 516-year arc from Columbus' first wondering footfall on the shore of the New World to this morning's traffic jam on the 405...Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Virginia, Petroleum Industry, Civil Unrest, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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'The Other Boleyn Girl'
jan.stuart@newsday.comThe British are still so traumatized by the erosion of their royal seat that, four centuries after the fall of the house of Tudor, they can't find an English actor to ascend that particular throne. It took an Australian with a French-sounding surname...Tags: Natalie Portman, Anne Boleyn, Eric Bana, Scarlett Johansson
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Sexy Henry VIII in 'The Tudors' needs no codpiece
Zap2itHistory tells us that, later in his life, England's King Henry VIII became extremely fond of extremely large codpieces - decorative covers for a man's, er, vital area - such as the one he's wearing in the portrait of him by Hans Holbein the Younger....Tags: Anne Boleyn, Metal and Mineral, Roman Catholic, Christianity, Hans Holbein
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The Bard as pundit
The day after the Pennsylvania primary, April 23, will be the 444th birthday of William Shakespeare. As we take a brief respite from nonstop election coverage to raise a glass to the Bard -- for surely Democrats and Republicans alike can agree on...Tags: Christopher Marlowe, Imperial and Royal Matters, Government, Political Candidates, John McCain
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HBO's 'John Adams' will not give offense
TRIBUNE CRITICFounding father John Adams isn't your typical HBO protagonist. His greatest failing is not a penchant for murder, adultery or multiple wives. He's not even much of a narcissist. Now that's shocking. The man portrayed in the miniseries "John Adams" (7 p....Tags: Paul Giamatti, John Adams, Movies, American Revolutionary War, Book
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'The Tudors' Returns For Season and Wife No. 2
Zap2It.comHistory tells us that, later in his life, England's King Henry VIII became extremely fond of extremely large codpieces -- decorative covers for a man's, er, vital area -- such as the one he's wearing in the portrait of him by Hans Holbein the Younger....Tags: Anne Boleyn, Metal and Mineral, Roman Catholic, Christianity, Hans Holbein
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Charlotte, Oscar & Co.
Where better for a writer to turn for inspiration than to reality? This is especially true of the mystery fiction micro-trend in which authors fashion real-life figures into detectives. It's tricky territory because the margin of error is so tiny. For...Tags: Beatrix Potter, Fashion Trends, Police, Crimes, Jack London
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'Elizabeth: The Golden Age'
jan.stuart@newsday.comPoor Virgin Queen. She has all of England in her thrall, a Machiavellian adviser to carry out her dirty work, ladies in waiting to do her up in flowered head-pieces and shimmering green gowns - no, let's wear the blue tonight, shall we? - and heads of...Tags: Theater, Virginia, Government, Cate Blanchett, Movies
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