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...mentioned the human-rights abuses in China without specifically citing Tibet. The attempt to destroy this culture continues. Until the government reforms its policies, Beijing will remain a power the world cannot love. BARBARA NICOL Sleepy Hollow, New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 24, 1997 | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

...British missionaries, he grew up speaking Kikuyu with his friends and feeling more African than European. While doing research at Cambridge, he precipitated the first of many Leakey scandals. He deserted his first wife and two young children to marry artist and archaeologist Mary Nicol. He was also unable to document fully some of his early fossil claims. Undeterred, he returned to Kenya to vindicate himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SECRET OF LEAKEY LUCK | 8/28/1995 | See Source »

...Nicol Williamson's in I Hate Hamlet, after the notoriously erratic performer smote co-star Evan Handler with the flat of his sword during a dueling scene, and Handler -- believing the blow was deliberate -- walked off and quit the show. "Well," said Williamson to the stunned audience, "should I sing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991: SHOW BUSINESS | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...Nicol Williamson's in I Hate Hamlet, after the notoriously erratic performer smote co-star Evan Handler with the flat of his sword during a dueling scene, and Handler -- believing the blow was deliberate -- walked off and quit the show. "Well," said Williamson to the stunned audience, "should I sing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991 | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...dueling megastars: the chandelier from Phantom of the Opera and the helicopter from Miss Saigon. Or a dance number that redubs Tommy Tune's somber, doomy Grand Hotel as Grim Hotel. Or a patter song to the tune of Brush Up Your Shakespeare, in which I Hate Hamlet star Nicol Williamson celebrates the joys of humbling his co-stars. This sort of humor -- a cunning blend of insiderish wit and broad clowning -- has made Forbidden Broadway an institution. Since 1982 it has played off-Broadway, enjoying the goodwill and legal cooperation of the very creators it spoofs, and has spawned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Sep. 30, 1991 | 9/30/1991 | See Source »

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