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Medical experts who testified against Dr. Chester B. Rosoff, associate professor of surgery, said during the eight-day trial that his patient, the late Phyllis Thrope of Arlington, probably would have survived if Rosoff had done more to diagnose her disease...
...Thrope died on October 31 of complications from her cancer...
Rosoff, who worked for the Harvard Community Health Plan (HCHP) at the time, examined Thrope in January of 1984 and again in February 1984 when she complained of a lump in her breast...
Perhaps the most successful translations by a major American poet are Richard Wilbur's renditions of Molière. The Pulitzer-prizewinning author of seven volumes of poetry has translated The Misan thrope, Tartuffe, School for Wives and The Learned Ladies. His versions have been produced more than 140 times in British, Canadian and U.S. theaters. Wilbur's fluency in replicating 17th century rhymed couplets suggests he was born to the task. In fact, he had only high school French when he landed in southern France in 1944 with the U.S. 36th Division. Most of the soldiers...
Patience's two leading men render fittingly stereotypic presentations of their characters. Thrope's Bunthorne is hopelessly clownish; he mugs ridiculous poses and his gray velvet costumes and black wig capture his superficiality as he practices all over the stage during his solo "Am'I Alone and unobserved? And Sullivan's Grosvenor mocks all handsome heroes with his marcissism powered by a stage presence that would sweep even the audience off its feet. Sullivan and Thrope prove excellent foils in brisk repartee during their duet. "When I Go Out of Doors," as Bunthorne tries to convince Grosvenor to become more...