Word: courtesan
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...putting the final touches onto their show, which runs from April 8-17. The play’s conceit involves a successful early ’80s businesswoman who invites a number of literary and historical figures to dinner to celebrate a recent promotion. The ensemble includes a Japanese courtesan, a character from Canterbury Tales, a female pope, a woman from a Bruegel painting and a Victorian world traveler. Largely set around a single dining table, the six women discuss their past exploits, often finding themselves faced with the problem of defining their “womanhood” independent...
...which was presented by the Harvard Classical Club last month, “Forum” goes back to the very start of drama to utterly disparage it. The plot is simple: a slave seeking his freedom helps his young master get the girl of his dreams. Then a courtesan house, a bloodthirsty tyrant, Rome’s version of Mr. Magoo and a slew of other characters get thrown into the mix, resulting in a laugh-fest with hints of vaudeville that would probably make Ovid roll in his grave. But modern-day audiences have adored it. Through Saturday...
...Menaechmi, which was presented by the Harvard Classical Club last month, “Forum” goes back to the very start of drama to utterly disparage it. The plot is simple: a slave seeking freedom helps his young master get the girl of his dreams. Then a courtesan house, a bloodthirsty tyrant, Rome’s version of Mr. Magoo and a slew of other characters get thrown into the mix, resulting in a laugh-fest with hints of vaudeville that would probably make Ovid roll in his grave. But modern day audiences have adored it. Friday, April...
...city hauled away the remains of the six camps, a homeless woman complained: “We’re not bothering anyone This town doesn’t want the homeless here. They are trying to get us all off the Cape.” Like an aging courtesan, Barnstable is learning the danger of relying on its looks for a living—and like an aging courtesan, it has yet to learn that handsome is as handsome does...
...from everywhere," he says. "This was Asia's most important entrepot." It was the closest thing to a free port in the medieval world: the local rulers, known as Zamorins, charged 6-10% import duty on all items. They provided traders with guest houses and servants - and the odd courtesan, natch - and guaranteed the security of all goods. Varrier encourages me to think of it as a 15th century Hong Kong, complete with its own seamy Wanchai district...