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...that had stood unsurpassed for nearly a decade: the peak of 1051.7 reached on Jan. 11, 1973. For about two hours the average slipped, as it has every time the record has been threatened in the past. Then, like a long-distance runner sprinting those last yards toward the tape, the market surged ahead by 20 points in the final hour. When the closing bell rang amid the boisterous cheers of the floor traders, the Dow had climbed to an alltime high of 1065.49. The rise of 43.41 points on the day was also a new record, eclipsing...
...feared that the rally might stall decided to take their profits while they had a chance. But individual investors, many of whom were jumping back into the market for the first time in years, continued to buy with abandon. As the deluge of orders poured in, the electronic tape that records trades lagged behind by as much as 64 minutes. When the selling frenzy ended, the Dow average of blue chips had lost 15 points during the day. Hundreds of second-tier stocks, however, continued to rise. The immense trading volume of 149.4 million shares broke the one-day record...
...will be published in the U.S. next month (Simon & Schuster; $16.95). Sometimes embarrassingly frank, other times disappointingly discreet, it is, from beginning to end, always Olivier. He turned down would-be collaborators, like the late Critic Kenneth Tynan, and began work with a ghost. But after talking into a tape recorder for 30 or 40 hours, he took charge, as he usually does, and wrote everything himself. Now, on this chilly fall day, he has come in from the country to talk about his life and what he calls "my damned book...
When the older Krapp records his analysis of his reactions to watching his younger self, who is in turn watching and discussing the tapes he made on his 28th birthday, he makes several false starts, "editing himself" on the tape, adding an ongoing self-commentary. Instead of illuminating Krapp's personality, the layers of introspection intentionally wrap the narrator in more and more mystery...
Apparently repentant at charging full price for a half-length evening, Cherson has tacked on after the performance one of Beckett's self-directed made-for-T.V. shorts, untitled Ghost Trio, it makes Krapp's Last Tape look like Oklahoma! by comparison. While hardcore absurdist buffs may find this collection of long, gray pauses and slow, expressionless voices interesting Ghost Trio acts primarily as a soporific and is assuredly not worth staying for. Better to walk out during the brief intermission between the shows, however gingerly, with the oppressive miasma of Krapp still fresh in your mind...