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Nine hours after the policeman's death, the Israelis struck in force. Under cover of darkness, infantry troops of the Golani Brigade pushed off in files toward their objective: the Arab village of Tawafik. It lies in the demilitarized zone just below the Syrian-held hills, in an area...
"The day this idea first hit me," said Steve ("the thinking man's comic") Allen, "I got that certain instinctive chill. The hair on the back of my neck almost stood up. The idea was that good." Allen's brainstorm: a 19-minute "Meeting of the Minds" inserted...
Children of Darkness is couched in Mr. Mayer's approximation of the elegant, cynical wit which the English Restoration famously bequeathed to the eighteenth century. It is set in an annex to the Newgate jail, where the villains of The Beggar's Opera sang like caged birds. Yet it obstreperously...
Fortunately, a third-rate intellect is not necessarily an altogether negligible artist. When Mr. Meyer conceptualizes his subject matter, he is lost; by embodying it directly in his characters, he makes Children of Darkness strangely compelling. It is not through what he tells us, but through what he shows us...
As is well-known, highly-styled comedy is just the sort of thing Americans can't play and neither the weaknesses nor the uniqueness of Children of Darkness are calculated to make it easier. Unaccountably, the production at the Charles Playhouse under Michael Murray's intelligent direction is quite a...