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London's Royal Shakespeare Company has returned to the Greeks in a three-night marathon cycle often plays derived from Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (seven of the ten) and a dramatization by John Barton of a segment of Homer. The cycle is presented as a trilogy: "The War," "The Murders" and "The Gods." Its purpose: to show the turbulent destiny of the doomed House of Atreus in chronological order. Barton, master builder of this endeavor, likes to work on the grand scale. In previous years he was celebrated for The Wars of the Roses, a panorama adapted from Shakespeare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Olympus on the Thames | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

...finest actresses on the English-speaking stage. And as Buxton reaches the heartbreaking conclusion that the one life she has to give for Hellas is the noblest life to have lived, she radiates a great and unforgettable purity of spirit. The final scene in this segment is a visual stunner. The rising wind whips the garment about Clytemnestra's knees. Alone, burnt-eyed, she raises an arm as she watches the Greek fleet under full sail, a Botticelli Venus transformed into the mater dolorosa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Olympus on the Thames | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

Harvard may meet B.C. again on February 24th during the second round of the Women's Beanpot at Bright (The Crimson meet B.U. in round one on the 23rd). With any luck, the second annual tournament will allow Harvard to prove that last night marked the final segment of this season's frustrating drama...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: B.C. Outscores Crimson; Ice women Drop Ninth | 2/13/1980 | See Source »

...deceit of the Watergate and Vietnam period affected a large segment: of the public, Bok said, nothing that there is a 'growing gap between experienced reality and What is being said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bok Says Lying and Distrust Damage Society, Create Deceit | 2/11/1980 | See Source »

...administrators say they expect an unfavorable reaction to the tuition increase when students return to classes Monday, but they are bolstered by what they believe was an overall favorable segment about Silber on the CBS Television program "Sixty Minutes" on Sunday...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: Silber Declines Faculty's Retirement Plan | 1/11/1980 | See Source »

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