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...Larry Hagman was a nepo baby, as my father used to point out every time we watched Dallas (or South Pacific — Hagman’s mother Mary Martin originated one of the lead roles on Broadway)....
...She saw a painting by a California-born artist, Richard Shaffer: “Very atmospheric, in blues and greys,” she says, “and embedded in it were words, and I am always a sucker for stuff with language....
...Shaffer, however, frames the play as the memory of the child’s psychiatrist, Martin Dysart. Part of the play is a suspense drama as he investigates what has happened. But part of it is just blather....
...Mozart and Salieri stands as a precursor of Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus. The plot toys with the deadly rivalry between an innocent progressive and a guilt- ridden conservative....
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