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Partners — Brexit 1776, Hamilton (the musical)
A slow recovery from pneumonia is more pleasant if you take a good book from your library and play some music — I’ve been listening to Hamilton (the original cast recording) and reading along in Hamilton—The Revolution. Two hours of glorious, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Music, Theater
Tagged 1776, American Literature, Brexit, Hamilton, Hip Hop/Rap, Weekly Photo Challenge
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Sam Shepard—Return of the Curse
As the stage lights come up in the intimate Pigott Theater on the Stanford campus, we see a realistic kitchen of the 70s complete with range and refrigerator, and we are introduced to the down-and-out Tate family. Last night Weston … Continue reading
Posted in Theater
Tagged Alcoholism, curse of the starving class, drama, Housing Bubble, postaweek, PTSD, Sam Shepard, Stanford Summer Theater
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Love, Murder and Ritual Execution: Atwood and Homer Telling the Tale
Odysseus’ boat riding the waves of Penelope’s flowing hair, illustration by Sarah Burgess Cherry. Once upon a time, in the tiny island kingdom of Ithaca off the coast of Greece, Penelope ruled while her husband Odysseus was away: first he … Continue reading
Posted in Classics, eBook, Poetry, Theater
Tagged Dorothy Parker, Homer, Margaret Atwood, Penelope, postaweek, Working Women
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Valentine’s Day Poet—Pablo Neruda
The 1971 Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda was a prolific writer of love poems. His first poetry was published in Chile in a small volume titled in Spanish: Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada (Twenty Love Poems and a … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Poetry, Spanish, Theater, Translation
Tagged Pablo Neruda, postaday, Valentine's Day
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Thornton Wilder: Our Town Survives Deconstruction
The house dims, the curtain opens and the stage lights come up; revealed at the back of the bare stage is an older man in white dinner jacket that shines brightly in the stage lighting. He is the Stage Manager. … Continue reading
Posted in Classics, Theater
Tagged American Literature, Our Town, postaweek2011, Stanford, Thornton Wilder
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Orpheus and Eurydice in the Rain Forest of Brazil
Imagine! The opera Orpheus and Eurydice by Gluck is playing at the restored Teatro Amazonas opera house deep in the heart of the Brazilian rainforest. Three foreigners enter the theater lobby: Marina (an American doctor looking stylish in a long … Continue reading
Posted in eBook, Fantasy/Adventure, Fiction, Nature, Theater
Tagged Ann Patchett, Opera, postaweek2011, Rain Forest, Review
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Oedipus—A King in Torment
The lights dim in the tiny Nitery Theater on the campus of Stanford University and the packed house hushes. The lights come on again; dimly. Chorus appears at the edge of the empty stage and we hear Seneca’s lines of … Continue reading
