Word: setting
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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President Harold T. Shapiro of Princeton University said that education officials need to set firm goals to strengthen the university system. Among the chief problems currently facing higher education are the high dropout rate among high school students and the failure of college curricula to address the needs of women and minorities...
...Set in the study of an eccentric Swedish army captain (Christopher Lloyd), The Father examines the struggle between this officer and his wife Laura (Candy Buckley) over the education of their only child, Bertha. The Captain insists that Bertha leave home and begin employment as a teacher, while Laura is adamant that the child remain at home under her tutelage. As the play progresses, this conflict becomes representative of a larger power struggle between husband and wife, and, by extension, between all men and women...
Skillful stage designs and clever direction enhance the production. Derek McLane's set, painted the green of The Captain's uniform, provides a fitting backdrop for the war of the sexes. Crossed swords over every doorway evoke the marital tension within, and in the second act, an oddly shaped drawing room suggests the Captain's growing emotional instability. Director Robert Brustein emphasizes the gladitorial nature of the conflicts, rarely placing more than two characters of opposite gender on the stage at any one time...
Sophomore Albert Chang turned in one of the gutsier performances of the day, saving a match point, before capturing a three-set victory at number-five singles. Chang's match gave the Crimson a chance heading into the doubles competition...
...most striking arrangements is a collection of evocative photographs by Aleen Keshishian. The innovative use of unusual angles and reflections makes these pictures of one woman more than a simple set of well-executed portraits. While Keshishian's "images of desire" are direct portrayals, the photographs of Matthew Bank are more symbolic representations. His works contain sumptuous shapes and clean lines that relate desire without representing any of the traditional symbols of sexual yearning. The freshness of this photographer's works makes them a valuable addition to the exhibit...