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Along the grim, wind-whipped streets of wintry Belfast, there were also ironic, even humorous touches. On New Year's Eve, thanks to the terrorists, there were 30 fewer pubs than last year in which to celebrate the passing of 1971. To some, the prevalence of pub bombing made it seem as if the war were being fought by the Temperance League rather than the I.R.A.; it has secretly pleased some Presbyterian elders. Many customers, scared of the pub warfare, quit early. This has given rise to dour little jokes. The long-suffering wife of a drinking husband supposedly says...
...Tynan-Polanski adaptation contains some arresting notions. Ross becomes the third murderer of Banquo, and Donalbain (whom Shakespeare banished to Ireland early in the action) here reappears at the end of the play, riding across the grim countryside to seek counsel from the three witches. This ominous epilogue neatly evokes the idea of a cyclical, irresistible destiny...
...been winning its slow war of attrition against the terrorists and has curtailed the I.R.A.'s ability to attack military or police targets. Nonetheless, violence against "soft targets"-meaning stores, pubs and the like-has been on the increase. Christmas week turned out to be merely another grim episode in the I.R.A.'s attempt to force unity of the two Irelands through guerrilla warfare. On Monday morning alone, a dozen explosions ripped Belfast. Among the damaged targets were the city's best hotel (the Conway), a clothing factory, a furniture store, a supermarket, an antique shop...
GEORGE CRUMB: ANCIENT VOICES OF CHILDREN (Nonsuch). Poet García Lorca's grim imagery set to stark, subtly shimmering music by an important new American composer...
...fascinations is that for anyone whose forebears arrived in the U.S. within the past 150 years, a bit of family history is fleshed out. Brinnin is eloquent about the horrors of steerage, and he makes even the magnificence of first class on the old sail-equipped sidewheelers sound impressively grim...