Word: claudius
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...sales of valuables commanded such audiences, such publicity, such prices. While anything that is relatively rare is sure to fetch a pretty penny at auction these days, things of beauty and lasting worth-"objects of virtue" to the trade-are going for sums that would boggle the I of Claudius. Ars gratia auctionis. Throughout the U.S. and the rest of the West, once listless salesrooms thrum with auctiophiliacs in search of a piece of the past; the top firms hold several simultaneous sales a day six days a week. In 1979 Sotheby's and Christie...
...consequence of the padding is the kind of literal dramaturgy that obliterated The Scarlet Letter last season. Unlike the British creators of The Glittering Prizes or I, Claudius, PBS gives its audience little credit for sophistication. In The Sorrows of Gin, the first and worst of the Cheevers, the warring suburban couple (Edward Herrmann and Sigourney Weaver) can hardly be seen for all the shots of gin bottles. Yet Gin is not about alcoholism; like Henry James' What Maisie Knew, it is about a child who unwittingly discovers the self-deceptions of the adults...
DIVORCED. Peter OToole, 47, Irish actor who played the title roles in Lawrence of Arabia and Goodbye, Mr. Chips; and Sian Phillips, 46, Welsh actress who starred in television's I, Claudius; after 20 years of marriage, two children; in London...
...Mitchelson, 50, the high-octane divorce lawyer who is representing Michelle against Lee. Since Mitchelson and A. David Kagon, 58, Marvin's lawyer, agreed to try the case solely before a judge, there is no jury for Mitchelson to play to, which is a pity. With his I, Claudius haircut and natty suits, Mitchelson easily upstages the Hollywood star. The lawyer leans menacingly over the witness box, especially when the actor is pinioned on the stand, and then checks out the rows of newsmen as he stalks back to his chair. Although he is outshone by Mitchelson, Marvin worries...
...Richard II, which is sometimes cited as one of Shakespeare's weaker works. Under the direction of David Giles, however, it takes on a new meaning, becoming an almost contemporary story of power used and abused. Derek Jacobi, who was seen last year as the hero in I, Claudius, portrays the childishness as well as the majesty of Richard, who tells "sad stories of the death of kings." No one has told them better, and Jacobi now should be numbered among the best actors in the English-speaking theater...