Word: programing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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LIVING UP to the talent of a writer like Nabokov takes some care and precision. But if this excerpt from Albee's program note is any clue, his intellect is muddied with sentiment when it comes to his predecessor: "The play of Lolita is both Nabokov and Albee...But, that being as it may...the entire work is Nabokov; it is my valentine to the great man, he who suffered fools so badly and who, so clearly, loved us all, even the Humbert Humberts and the Lolitas of this world...
Albee, in fact, is so attached to Nabokov that he can't resist introducing him onto the stage; this character, listed in the program as "A Certain Gentleman," opens and closes the play, and within it follows his characters around, chatting with them, tossing knowing asides into the audience, and generally acting urbane and oh-so-witty. Ian Richardson's letter- and paragraph-perfect performance--even his pinstripes seem to have raised eyebrows--can't entirely excuse Albee's officiousness in creating such a role. It's never pleasant to be talked down to; but when there's this character...
...series of 16 workshops, about 12 students each from Harvard, Yale, Brown, Penn, Columbia/Barnard, Cornell, Northwestern, Tufts, Tulane, Vanderbilt and Duke will share information about "a unique or very successful program" at their universities, Ken Weil, delegate coordinator at Duke, said...
...declining number of teenagers in New York and Massachussetts, modifications in the Early Action program, and tougher admissions standards resulting from the larger applicant pool may have contributed to the drop, Fizsimmons said last week. But he agreed that these factors pale somewhat in light of Yale University's record-breaking 800-application increases...
...program's five-year history, several Mellon fellows have written articles or books while at Harvard, Hunt said, adding that most receive tenure within two years after their fellowships...