Tag Archives: Moss Hart

algonquin: on broadway

The theatre, a fever in the bloodstream of the twenties, was an epidemic  among the Round Tablers. Most of them were seized with a desire to write plays, and sooner or later, in Robert Sherwood’s fashion, most of them did, … Continue reading

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Heresy on the Guest list: too darn hot

Heresy has always had many faces. The classic division has always followed the Voltaire pattern of speaking  truth to power in order to be absorbed within the establishment, and accept the sacraments. Heresy has traditionally been seen as four faced: … Continue reading

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FAUST IN THE HAUS

MEPHIST. Now, Faustus, what wouldst thou have me do? FAUSTUS. I charge thee wait upon me whilst I live, To do whatever Faustus shall command, Be it to make the moon drop from her sphere, Or the ocean to overwhelm … Continue reading

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A DICKENS OF A DEBT LOAD

There is a certain repulsion towards a form of an  enduring sanity of compassion; the type of guilt ridden faith based sentiments which Dickens, that great molder of middle-class values,  had destined to show so often in the characters of … Continue reading

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SEVENTH WARD BEGGARS

However whatever what one may conclude about the dubious ethics of Goldman-Sachs,CEO Lloyd Blankfein’s appearance among lawmakers on Capitol Hill was at least  long on entertainment as was his entire troupe of well rehearsed players as seen by their choreographed … Continue reading

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