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Dates: during 1990-1990
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According to Karen Rigg, dean of students at Northeastern, 95 percent of all acquaintance rapes are not reported to authorities...

Author: By Yin Y. Nawaday, | Title: Education Called Vital To Combat Date Rape | 11/10/1990 | See Source »

...Rigg spun eloquent puns throughout her lecture; describing the moratorium on acting when the dead Queen Elizabeth was to be waked for a month, Rigg said, "This is one instance where no stone, no turn...

Author: By Michael K. Mayo, | Title: Actress Rigg Addresses History of Criticism | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

When describing Ibsen's reaction to a viewing of his own play, Rigg imitated him by pulling her hair and pounding on the lectern, shouting...

Author: By Michael K. Mayo, | Title: Actress Rigg Addresses History of Criticism | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

Quoting a critic's reaction to gender-blind casting in an 1895 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Rigg leaned over the podium and bellowed, "The only reason the director made that choice is because it is wrong. There is no other reason...

Author: By Michael K. Mayo, | Title: Actress Rigg Addresses History of Criticism | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

...Rigg more than once brought the audience to applause. Reading Dorothy Parker's review of A.A. Milne's "Give Me Yesterday," Rigg said, "He is given yesterday. I would have given him twenty to life...

Author: By Michael K. Mayo, | Title: Actress Rigg Addresses History of Criticism | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

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