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Andreas Gryphius Andreas Gryphius
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Richard Brome Richard Brome
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Review: Broken Embraces Is Irresistible.(A & E)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer ...Diego. The air of intrigue thickens as a sultry...limits. Broken Embraces simmers and boils with emotion...down stairs in fits of passion it smacks of a soap opera spoof or serious melodrama...seemingly over-the-top passion, the endless ...
THE KREUTZER SONATA
Magazine article from: Empire ...study of murderous envy that simmers like a B noir, only to disappoint...voiceovers, Rose ably suggests how passion can lapse into routine, but...of the eponymous Beethoven opus, Rose struggles to find anything...chauvinism. While it often intrigues, it ...

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