Photo from Wikimedia CHARATERS NADIA BOULANGER (16 September 1887 to 22 October 1979), French composer and conductor. Likely the greatest music teacher of all time. Possibly the most influential teacher since Socrates, as one leading composer has said of her. In that capacity Boulanger has influenced generations of music, most notably in the United States […]
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Photo from Wikimedia TIME, place AND NOTES Summer vacation, 2019, on board an ocean liner crossing the Atlantic. The primary characters are the seven children, who set about developing a variety show for an evening’s entertainment onboard ship. The world has gone mad todayAnd good’s bad todayAnd black’s white todayAnd day’s night todayAnd that gent
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Photo#1 from Wikimedia Photo#2 from Wikimedia Center stage: A dead tree, with a bench on either side. A bus stop comprised of 9 or 10 chairs in a row. An abandoned building with what used to be side-by-side storefronts, numbers 666 and 668, at one time covered by rolling metal security gates, now each showing
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Photo from Wikimedia.org TIME, PLACE AND RISE 21st century. Ithaca, New York. Near sunset. The stage is divided into four parts: Stage right is the combined living room/dinette area of Katherine’s house. Her small dinette table is set with plates, glasses, and silverware for two. Downstage center is open space with a hedge. Stage left
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