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Article: Theatre: On the Fringe Escape From Pterodactyl Island The ...
The Independent - London;  April 28, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... at Julia Pascal's The Yiddish Queen Lear. Pascal's decision to link the ... when the cast performs Yiddish music hall - but when the star of the show ... 6363) to 1 May; `The Yiddish Queen Lear' (0171-620 3494) to 22 May

Article: Folksbiene's Yiddish 'Queen Lear'
Forward;  December 2, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... Nahma Sandrow Forward 12-02-1994 Folksbiene's Yiddish `Queen Lear'. In a luxurious living room in turn-of-the-century ... tears more restrained. Gordin subtitled the play "The Jewish Queen Lear," and it is true that like Lear, Mirele cedes her power ...

Article: QUEEN LEAR.(SATURDAY)(TODAY'S BEST BETS)
The Washington Times;  November 2, 2002 ;     691 words ...Byline: Derek Simmonsen, THE WASHINGTON TIMES QUEEN LEAR What if Shakespeare's famous King Lear wasn't really a king, but a queen? That's the twist the George Washington University ...

Article: Queen Lear? Why Not?
The Washington Post;  May 28, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Veteran actress Mikel Sarah Lambert won't soon forget getting the invitation to play Lear at the Washington Shakespeare Company. "{Director} Chris Henley called and said, `We're doing "Lear" at the end of the season,' " says Lambert, who plays Shakespeare's tragic king as a tempestuous queen. "And

Article: Yiddish Queen Lear
Jerusalem Post;  December 26, 1994 ;     518 words ...HELEN KAYE Jerusalem Post 12-26-1994 THIS was a Jewish contract, says Orna Porat. The actress met Israel Yiddish Theater artistic director Shmulik Atzmon in the foyer during intermission. Shmulik: "Nu! Don't you want to work here?" Orna: "Of course. Suggest something." Shmulik: "What about Mirale

Article: CROWNING QUEEN LEAR
The Boston Globe;  June 12, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Olympia Dukakis has played plenty of mothers in her 40 years of acting, from her Oscar-winning performance as the matriarch in "Moonstruck" to Amanda Wingfield in "The Glass Menagerie." She raised three children of her own and nursed her mother when she was confined to a home for senior citizens.

Article: Music Hall Center Producers enter third year with ...
PR Newswire;  December 5, 1990 ;     700+ words ...MUSIC HALL PRODUCERS ENTER THIRD YEAR WITH 1991 ... district continues to come alive as the Music Hall Center Producers announces its third ... Stroh are among the headliners for the Music Hall Producers new season. The announcement ...