... choreography in 1972 and formed her own company in 1974. She has been building an in creasingly strong reputation in her native America, and this has gradu ally filtered through to these shores. I had. however, gleaned no hint of the richness of her invention ...

... Albee, Tom attempts to demolish poor Michael showing the greatest contempt for his thought pro cesses, and experience of America. Boasting that he never loses an argu ment, he then has a go at both Liam and, when she dares to open her mouth, Anne. Through ...

... can bear. While they live mostly on some Italian hillside in an isolated cottage overlooking the sea, they travel also to America and to Australia. We learn of the public reaction to his paintings, of his mockery of fig- leaves and of his lust for the ...

... accused her of not having enough flesh to be considered beautiful in that part of the world. She explained that in Europe and America it was desirable to be thin. And indeed not only her build, but her sleek, dark hair, her animated face, and the symbols painted ...

... society in general. A few heavy-handed moments in the second act suggest that we are meant to take the party as a microcosm of America, and the attempt to make it perfect as an example of the futility of excessive planning. But the jokes come so thick and fast ...

... company's earlier years. Is it lack of funds that stops the directors bringing in choreographers from abroad Europe, North America or Australia?- or is it dogged determination that keeps them loyally supporting creators from within the Br'tish ranks? I ...

... the theatre's backing within the showbusmess community and she in tends to stan with leading American stars. I am going to America in August and I am going to approach some American actors and people in films, she said. It's reported that Burt Reynolds ...

... the militant organisa tion Haganah to try the war criminals brought in from far-flung corners of the world, usually South America, by Jew ry's tireless Nazi hunters. At the time of the play Eichmann had been dealt with the previous year. Now, brought before ...

... could they, you may ask, and this is the point that Bruce makes in dedicating his ballet to the innocent people of South America who have been continuously devastated by political op pression. His own setting reveals a grim stone valley, where three ...

... was the elderly Shropshire rose-grower whose murder sparked off suspicions that she was Britain's highly unlikely answer to America's Karen Silkwood. For when she was stabbed and left to die in a field two years ago this month, she was poised to read a ...

... stimulating and enjoyable entertainment, which does right everything which the previous Leiber' and Stoller compilation, Only in America, did wrong. This is because writer and director Robert Walker has not made the mistake of treating Leiber and Stoller as ...

... like a transvestitc and sings excerpts from Pacific Overtures over the phone, puts in an appearance. Durang, rated as one of America's best young playwrights, has a winning way with contemporary satire and some good one-liners, but the subject matter seems ...