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...Attic times, men would have performed both men's and women's roles. Because of the oppression of women in ancient Greece and the misogyny apparent in Euripedes's writings, it is only poetic justice that several female actresses should excell in this production. Julia Gilbert, as Helen, conveys the beauty of the language as well as the comic, romantic and semi-tragic sides of her personality. The cast as a whole--and particularly Gilbert and Ann Bailen, as the portress--pay careful attention to the Greek meters and rhythm, which speed up or slow down, depending on the feeling...
...their first entrance many of the characters in The Rivals are interesting, but Sheridan just cannot sustain that interest for two hours. He tried by adding a secondary romance between Faulkland (Andrew Brooks) and Lydia's cousin, Julia (Maeve Kinkead). Brooks is especially good in his portrayal of the contrite and contrary Faulkland, running first hot, then tepid, then cold, then hot again...
VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS MEN AND FAIR WOMEN by JULIA MARGARET CAMERON 120 pages. David R. Godine...
...Julia Margaret Cameron was a Victorian of great eccentricity, some means and considerable connections. She was born the year of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo and did not take a picture until 1864, when her daughter and son-in-law gave her one of the earliest models, which consisted of two wooden boxes, one sliding inside the other. "It may amuse, Mother, to try to photograph," they wrote her fondly. Little did they guess. At first Mother could hardly tell the difference between treacle and collodion, the sticky fluid used to coat her glass negatives...
...Julia S. is an epileptic with a long history of seizures and assaultive behavior. Dr. Mark's operation on her did reduce her violent behavior but her seizures and psychotic behavior have continued. A nurse who had known her before and after the operation made these statements, "He (Mark) implanted a couple of electrodes and proceeded to burn out sections of her temporal lobe. The only problem was that her impulsive behavior did not leave her and she began to deteriorate in front of my eyes...She stopped her wonderful guitar playing. She stopped wanting to engage in long intellectual...