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...lives only for her child and the memory of her husband, and of all the passions avowed in the opening scenes, only hers is steadfast. As portrayed by Suzman, Andromache's immersion in the past is not weak or dreamy but sexy and compelling. In the end, the enslaved queen rules over the city, and her son has been declared the rightful future king of Troy. The fickle, feckless others have been destroyed by their excesses: Pyrrhus murdered, Hermione a suicide, Orestes driven mad. Ultimately the production's shortcomings are not important. Racine, Miller and Set Designer Richard Hudson thrust...
Peter Lovesey's Bertie and the Tinman (Mysterious Press; 212 pages; $15.95) features a first-person amateur detective who is none other than the Prince of Wales, Queen Victoria's son and heir. Lovesey proved himself the world's foremost concocter of latter-day Victoriana in his series of mysteries built around Sergeant Cribb, then echoed the early 20th century in the nostalgic Hollywood story Keystone and the brilliantly plotted thriller The False Inspector Dew. Here he returns to 19th century London and, as always, to a subtle but relentless dissection of Britain's unjust social-class system. The rueful...
...Moines to witness the reaction to the debate of the candidates a fortnight ago. When he arrived, a crew from the C- SPAN network was in the living room, and one from a local station soon rolled up. The housewife loved it all, a newly crowned media queen...
...further selling by the portfolio insurers, reinforcing the downward spiral. One of the biggest, Wells Fargo, sold $1.6 billion in futures on Black Monday alone. This was more than the market could absorb. Says Capital's Kirby: "It's like a guy driving into a parking lot with the Queen Mary and asking, 'How come these guys haven't provided a space...
...amiable hunk like Reynolds, an incredible hulk, muscle-bound and soul-bare -- Robo-star. Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop II: instead of the wailing bantam Pryor, a strutting rooster, increasingly aloof from his genial gifts. Michael J. Fox in The Secret of My Success: instead of the teen queen, a yuppie pup, too eager to make it, too hungry to charm. He was a scrubbed-up version of the rich preppie Ringwald usually ditched in the last reel...