Five plays in three days — that’s the schedule for my annual visit to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, hosted by the Whitman College alumni office (which books the rooms and the tickets) and curated by our designated Whitman English professor...
Reviews
Back from our annual pilgrimage to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival — as usual, well-stuffed with (mostly) very good theater. First up this year was Richard III, a solid traditional production on the Elizabethan outdoor stage, with the bonus that Richard...
I know, I know, I’m one of the last three people in the whole world to have seen Frozen…but at least I caught it a few hours before it picked up its Oscars. Some thoughts: In general, it’s an impressive...
As at least some of my readership is aware, I have been a theater junkie — if a somewhat undernourished one — ever since junior high school (which is to say, for a scarily long time now). I have, of...
from Dragon Magazine #139 (November 1988) The Heavenly Horse from the Outermost West Mary Stanton Baen Books The horses I’ve known were mostly working ranch animals, not the carefully trained and bred equestrian competitors featured in Mary Stanton’s novel. I...
from Dragon Magazine #92 (December 1984) The Riddle of the Wren Charles de Lint Ace Books Someone at Ace Books apparently decided that The Riddle of the Wren was destined for obscurity; I first saw a copy at a local...
from Dragon Magazine#92 (December 1984) The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco Warner Books At first glance, a fantasy gamer might not expect to find anything of interest in The Name of the Rose; it’s the sort of book that...