An Acerbic Teacher
Last week we lost the playwright Edward Albee, best known for his caustic views of marriage and family relationships, his …
Category Archives: Art
Moneylenders and Merchants
Whenever an opportunity arises to see Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, I leap at it knowing that I will probably find …
Little t and Big C
A recent visit to Asia brought into sharp focus the differences that can exist between two places with shared history, …
Shards of Light
Many years ago as a student in Strasbourg, France, I had many great conversations with Mme. Farès, the middle-aged cleaning …
What does Golde think?
In the newest revival of the beloved musical “Fiddler on the Roof”, currently running on Broadway, Tevye is played with …
Weeping for the World’s Outcasts
Once, a dear friend commented on something small that had been left me by my grandmother, saying, “I don’t have …
Mr. McNally Goes to the Opera
Fans of the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts on Saturday afternoons, and especially the opera quiz, will remember the playwright Terrence …
A Green Table
“And death shall have no dominion”, the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas asserts, paraphrasing St. Paul and making a lyrical case …
The Comfort of Sheep
The great house Chatsworth, in Derbyshire, U.K., is the ancestral country home of the Cavendish family – the Dukes of …
Amulets of the Heart
What is a talisman? One thinks of rattles, fierce masks, human hair – something meant to ward off evil or …
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