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`Booth'
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Through Jan. 7
Writers' Theatre, 664 Vernon, Glencoe
Tickets, $30. (847) 835-5398
Somewhat recommended
Even the most flamboyant of Hollywood's acting dynasties-the
Hustons, Fondas, Barrymores and Sheens-would have a difficult time
competing with the Booths.
The patriarch, Junius Brutus Booth, was the London-born actor who
dominated the American stage in the first half of the 19th century.
His son Edwin was considered the finest tragedian of the second half
of...
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Wretched state of affairs `THE FATHER'
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; After a stunned silence of several seconds, you could hear a great collective exhalation. It came this past weekend as the patrons at Glencoe's consistently splendid Writers' Theatre realized they had emerged-shaken but still breathing-from the high intensity pressure cooker of "The Father," August
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Cocaine's Kid My father the addict
New York
; ... undershirts and underwear, and watching obscene amounts of cable news and war documentaries. But at least he was sober. I, meanwhile ... pounds through a steady regimen of swimming, dieting, and Fox News-induced tirades. When he and I talk, sometimes as frequently ...
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A theater gem in a bookstore's back room.(the Writers' Theatre in Glencoe)(Brief Article)
Crain's Chicago Business
; People expect to wait weeks for a reservation at a trendy new restaurant, but at a tiny local theater? Yet the demand for tickets to Writers' Theatre in Glencoe places such a serious strain on supply that the only way to get a seat these days is to show up and hope that a few ticketholders don't.
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My Father My Son My Self
The Washington Post
; My father's guitar has his name, Len, printed immodestly in three-inch iridescent letters on its body, and they glisten as he tunes up to play for my son. His lyrics, scrawled into homemade booklets, are spread out on the floor, the kitchen sink, the music stand. As ever, my father takes his
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The day I knew I'd become my father; Sons belittle and ridicule their fathers until they become dads themselves and start acting the same way. Here, on the eve of Father's Day, four writers tell their stories...
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ... was on his deathbed, I realised how alike we were. Although he didn't know it, he was dying of lung cancer. When I broke the news to him, for a moment he could hardly believe it. Then the stern figure of my childhood passed away, revealing a gentle individual ...
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Real living: `He'll never do that to me again' Seng-gye Tombs Curtis, 50, was born Ian Phillips and renamed Roger David Tombs Curtis when adopted as a baby. Sexually abused by his adoptive father, he acquired his Tibetan name in his twenties in an effort to reclaim his identity. He tells Elisabeth Winkler how the death of his father has finally set him free.
The Independent - London
; When my father was dying, the lawyer asked me to look through his papers. The inside of the house looked immaculate but behind every cupboard door was chaos. Then I came across one of my father's meticulous lists. It contained about 69 male names, including my own. I was in shock; I felt chilled,
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My father, Lance Richbourg.(Boston Braves outfielder)
The National Pastime
; ... early as 1916. He is listed as having played 48 games for Newport News of the Virginia League in 1918, which must have occurred while ... final at-bat with the Senators to Ed Barfield of the Pensacola News Journal: We were playing Boston in Washington and were tied up ...
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Father's love and devotion transform sacrifice into joy.
The Boston Herald
; His father's life, that distant September, was bordered by dark, terrible words. Each time the ancient phone in his grandmother's apartment would ring, the son watched as his father climbed the stairs to push words like malignant hypertension and ruptured optic nerves into the receiver. All he knew
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Voyage round my childhood Watching Alec Guinness, Laurence Olivier and now, in the Donmar's revival, Derek Jacobi play him on stage brings back vivid memories of his larger-than-life blind barrister father, says John Mortimer
Evening Standard - London
; AFTER my father's death, I began to write pieces about him, some of which were broadcast, and I finally turned them into a play. I have been hugely happy these past few weeks, visiting the large empty chapel in Islington for rehearsals for the Donmar's revival, and hearing Derek Jacobi produce my
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God the Father in rabbinic Judaism and Christianity: transformed background or common ground?
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
; Introduction As with any subject of theological significance, viewed in the context of a Jewish-Christian discussion, two perspectives are relevant to our discussion. The first perspective from which the subject of God the Father can be addressed is that of the relationship between ancient Judaism
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