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Filigree Theatre’s The Turn of the Screw
The carefully crafted atmosphere in the staging of this ghost story may have you wondering if unseen spirits are lurking in the dark
Henry James
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The Good Eye: A (Tiny) Room of One’s Own
You call that a small house? This is a small house!
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Finding Out What Maisie Knew
Scott McGehee and David Siegel find the magic line for child actors
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Author? Author?
Who really wrote Shakespeare’s plays? In ‘The Beard of Avon,’ Amy Freed plays the question for laughs.
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Readings
Louis Begley recently wrote a glowing preface to a reissue of The Other House, James’ least known novel. Begley is one of the few fans of the book, and writes that “James makes manifest in this very remarkable novel the overpowering force and ignominy of the sexual drive.” Obviously Begley is after something like that here. But if this was the inspiration, it was not a fortunate one.
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The Battle of Washington’s Bulge
The textbook wars make a casualty of Washington Crossing the Delaware.
