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Playbill.com
Daniel Davis Conjures The Tempest, Opening at Hartford Stage May 18
Playbill.com
Joining Davis (La Cage aux Folles, The Cherry Orchard, Invention of Love, "The Nanny") are Noble Shropshire (Gonzalo), Bruce Turk (Trinculo), William Patrick Riley (Ferdinand), David Barlow (Sebastian), Michael Spencer-Davis (Stephano), Shirine Babb ...

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'Hysteria' Star Maggie Gyllenhaal Talks Racy, Interesting Sex Scenes
Huffington Post
For those seeking a film that combines a Victorian love story with the invention of sex toys, "Hysteria" will likely hit the spot. The film, based on a true story, tells the story of how Mortimer Granville, a young doctor in 19th-century London ...


 
Chemistry by Candlelight
Wired News
Founded in 1971 by the late Michael Hart, Project Gutenberg began as a labor of love, the painstaking transfer of books in the public domain – many of them once forgotten– into digital life. The Gutenberg website now makes 39000 free e-books available.


 
Joss Whedon and the End of the World
Salon (blog)
Joss Whedon loves apocalyptic moments, perhaps because it's an ideal situation in which to let characters out to play--what Buffy decides during different apocalypses displays her development as a superhero, as a woman. But Whedon seems particularly ...


 
'Macbeth,' From Epic Theater Ensemble, at 47th St. Theater
New York Times
It's a way to have Mr. Easton, a Tony winner for Tom Stoppard's “Invention of Love,” participate without being present, but his performance recedes into TV land. Better are the gender-mixed Weird Sisters (James Wallert, Julian Rozzell Jr. and Aimé ...


 
Forbes
Elon Musk On The Biggest Week Of His Life
Forbes
“We love you, Elon!” a woman yelled over the din at SpaceX HQ. It had been an hour since Musk's Dragon became the first private vehicle to dock successfully with the space station. “I love you guys, too,” Musk replied, chuckling.

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Open Book: How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain, by Leah Price
National Post
Mayhew wrote, “It is no matter what kind; a small prayer book, a once perfumed and welcome love-note, lawyers' or tailors' bills, acts of Parliament … Shakespeare, Moliere, Bibles, music, histories, stories, magazines, tracts to convert the heathen or ...