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Kentucky Kernel

Vol. XCl. No. 125

Kim Stahlman, an election worker at the Maxwell Street precinct,
passes the time as voters cast their ballots in yesterday's Super

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Tuesday primary. Kentucky was one of 14 Southern and border
states holding a presidential primary yesterday.

Gore, Bush win Ky.; voter turnout low

By (A. DIANE BONIFER
Editorial Editor

LOUISVILLE ,_ Super Tuesday
did not generate the type of turnout
among Kentucky voters its ar-
chitects had originally intended, but
that did not seem to bother support-
ers of George Bush and Albert Gore
Jr.

Vice President Bush easily tri-
umphed among Kentucky Republi-
cans as he swept through the south
toward the GOP nomination. defeat-
ing Senator Robert Dole in the
Bluegrass State by a 3 to 1 margin.

Gore. benefitting from the en-
dorsements of Gov. Wallace Wilkin-
son and other state officials, was the
overwhelming favorite among state

Democrats as he defeated Massa-
chusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis by
more than a 2101 margin.

Gore‘s Kentucky supporters cele-
brated their victory at Frankfort‘s
Capital Plaza Hotel. Shortly after
the polls had closed in the eastern
part of the state. they were ready to
proclaim victory.

“We feel like we got a candidate
who can lead the nation back to its
grass roots." said State Agriculture
Commissioner Ward ”Butch“ Bur-
nette. state chairman of the Gore
campaign.

Wilkinson. who endorsed Gore last
month. said the “Kentucky spirit of
optimism has shown today and has
done for (Gore) what it set out to
do.“

Wilkinson said he gave his en—
dorsement 10 Gore because of the
Tennessee senator‘s rural economic
plan and energy program.

“Senator Gore is right for Ken-
tucky and right for America." he
said.

“We've now just started the mo-
mentum in this campaign. "

Following the celebration in
Frankfort. Wilkinson and members
of the Gore campaign went to Nash-
ville, Tenn. the national headquar-
ters for Gore. last night.

However. Wilkinson said he has
not made any plans to join the na-
tional Gore campaign.

“I will not be going much out of
this commonwealth as long as the

1987 supernova was brightest
in 353 years, professor says

Ii) l.:\l'Rll~I DELK
Staff Writer

Supervova 1987 happened 170.000
years ago. Last year it was seen for
the first time with the naked eye.
Yesterday. Robert Kirshner. a Har-
vard Iiniversity astronomy profes-
sor. came to UK to discuss its im-
pact.

The fact that the exploding star
could be seen with the naked eye
made it so extraordinary. Kirshner
said.

“It was the brightest supernova in
353 years." he said. ”One was seen
by a scientist named Kepler in
1604“

A supernova is a massive star that
explodes at the end of its life. The
core of the star collapses or im-
plodes and produces such energy
that it blows off the outer part of the
star at a speed one-tenth the speed
of light. The energy is so great that
it can make a star shine up to 11 bil-
lion times brighter than it had been.

The core that implodes becomes a

neutron star with as much mass of
our sun but small enough to fit in-
side New Circle Road, Kirshner
said.

The center of supernovas burn and
turn to iron. The reason the star col—
lapses is because it doesn‘t ignite a
new fuel once the center is iron. he
said.

“It’s like when you write a check
larger than the amount you have in
your bank account, the bank not
only won‘t pay. it also charges you a
fine.“hesaid.

Kirshner said the temperature of
the supernova‘s core was incredible.
“Since hell is hot enough to melt
brimstone and brimstone melts at
1,000 degrees. the core of a superno~
va is millions of times hotter than
hell."

“The core of a supernova is so
dense that a thimble full of it would
quickly crush its way to the center
of the earth.“ said Mike Torbett, as-
sistant professor of astronomy at
UK.

But. according to Suketa Bhavsar.

a UK assistant professor in the de-
partment of physics and astronomy,
most stars that become supernovas
are red giants. They are referred to
as type II supernovas because they
contain hydrogen. Type I do not con-
tain hydrogen and they are blue.

Supernova 1987 was confusing.
Kirshner said. Although it contained
hydrogen. it was blue.

Kirshner suggested that it was red
once in its life but lost outer mass
and as a consequence became hotter
and bluer. Then, at one stage it ex-
ploded.

“Only the most massive star will
become a supernova." said Bhav-
sar. “Our sun will end its life peace-
fully.“

Supernova 1987 gave scientists a
startling realization by proving the
existence of neutrinos and neutron
stars.

According to Bhavsar. the theory
was that when the core imploded. a
huge amount of neutrinos (exotic
fundamental particles which could
pass through anything) were re-

General Assembly is in sessnm." he
said.

At the Bush headquarters in
Louisville. Bush followers were
more interested in finding out who
they were going to run against in
November than in how the vice pres»
identdid,

Bush won the first 11 states only a
few hours after the polls had shut
down.

Kentucky Senator Mitch McCon-
nell. co-chairinan ot Bush‘s national
campaign. said Dole. the vice presi-
dent‘s main opponent. will probably
wait until the end of the month be-
fore dropping out of the race

“I think Senator Dole will make
his last stand in Illinois, but I don‘t

See GORE. Page 2

ROBERT KIRSHNER

leased. and a neutron star was pro-
duccd.

When the supernova exploded in
198?. “scientists saw the neutrinos
for the first time and they saw the
creation of the neutron star." said
Bhavsar. “The prediction is that the
neutron star which is hidden behind
a haze of the explosion will be \‘lSl-
ble within the next year."

Kirshner achieved fame when he
and other scientists found the larg-
est empty region in space.

Singletary says UK did best it could with

Associated Press

UK investigators “did the best
they could“ in checking alleged vio
lations of the basketball program.
says former President Otis Sin-
gletary.

“What nobody wants to face up to
is that once a story like that breaks.
it is exceedingly difficult to get peo-
ple to talk to you." Singletary said.

Last week, the NCAA‘s infractions
committee publicly reprimanded UK
last week for the way the school
handled its internal investigation.

In addition to the reprimand. UK

is required to monitor several facets
of its basketball program and pro-
vide periodic written reports to the
NCAA through the 198890 school
year.

Singletary noted that UK was not
required to conduct its own investi.
gation.

“We did it voluntarily. We meant
for it to be helpful. and we did in
fact report some violations." he said
in his first public comment since the
NCAA ruling.

Singletary said unnamed NCAA
officials told him the UK invatiga‘
tion “had found and reported more

than their people had been able to
find.“

The internal investigation began
after The Lexington Herald-Leader
quoted former UK basketball play-
ers in October 1985 as saying play«
ers received cash. clothing and
other gifts in a consistent pattern of
abuse of NCAA rules since the early
197th.

The alleged violations occurred
while Singletary was president. a
post he held from 1909 until last
June 30.

Neither the UK nor NCAA investi~
gation was able to confirm any vio

lations within the N(‘AA‘s four-year
statute of limitations.

The NCAA report said L'K con-
ducted an “inadequate" investiga-
tion of the allegations.

It specifically cited letters UK
sent to former players who could not
be reached by telephone that
“seemed to suggest. as a viable op-
tion. that refusal to be interviewed
would be a satisfactory response. "

The letters contained a list of
questiom investigators would ask.

Singletary said his recollection
was that the letters were not an ef-
fort to suggest that investigators did

Independent since 1971

Wednesday. March 9. 1988

Super Tuesday:
Bush wins big,
Dem. divided

By DAVID aspo
Associated Press

George Bush won Republican pria
maries from one end of DIXIt‘ to the
other. touching off a Super Tuesday
landslide to seize control of the (MP
presidential race. Michael Iiukakis.
Jesse Jackson and Albert (lore
swapped Victories in a splintered
Democratic race,

Dukakis won at home in “115587
chusetts and in Maryland and led Ill
Florida as be bid to demonstrate na-
tionwide appeal in the Democratic
contest.

Gore captured his home state of
Tennessee as well as nextvdoot‘ K(’II~
tucky. while Jackson won in \‘irgin-
ia. Rep. Richard (lephardt woii hlS
home state of Missouri but was run
ning poorly elsewhere and looked to
be the odd man out in the Democrat
icfield.

Bush routed Sen Bob Dole and his
Republican rivals in state after state
by margins of 2—1 or 3-1. t‘ainpaigii
manager Lee Atwater predicted the
vice president would win IIItll‘t' than
600 of the 712 delegates at stakc and
called it 'a tremendous personal
victory" for his boss

Dole. while campaigning ycstcrr
day in Springfield. Ill . said. “It we
take a little bath today. I am going

to start my road to recovery in llli—
nois just like I did «10 years ago."

liolc's best state was Missouri. but
even there he trailed the vice presr
dent narrowly in partial returns. Pat
Robertson was out of the running al-
most everywhere Rep Jack Kemp
was further behind. and seemed a
candidate for withdrawal from the
l'itt‘t‘

Dukakis. who led the Democratic
delegate chase as the evening
began owned leads in Florida and
Texas the two biggest states of
the night in addition to his Massa-
chusetts and Maryland victories.

Jackson pocketed his win in Vir.
giiiia. led in Mississippi and com—
peted strongly in Texas and several
other states as he vied to parlay his
black political base into several hun-
dred Democratic National (‘onven-
tion delegates lie was running sec-
ond in Alabama. Florida. Georgia
and North (‘arolina

(iorc's early performance boosted
him ahead of (iephardt in the battle
to emerge as the moderate Demo—
cratic contender for the industrial
state battles to come. The Tennessee
senator was ahead in early returns
in Alabama and Arkansas and in
tight contests with Jackson in North
t'arolina and Georgia to go with his

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Staff reports

In a straw poll held by ”11' I'K
chapter of the (‘ollegc Ilciiio
crats, ’l‘ennessec Sen. Albert
Gore .lr. finished first. receiving
47 percent of the 62 votes cast,

Massachusetts (lov. Michael
Dukakis finished second with 25a
percent of the vote. the Rev
Jesse Jackson placed third,
checking in at 21 percent.

 

Gore lst, Dukakis 2nd
in campus straw poll

Missouri Richard
(iephardt. Illinois Sen. Paul
Simon and Georgia Sen. Sam
Nunn all received 2 percent of the
\'()I(‘

(lore and Dukakis arc the only
two presidential contenders who
have student organizations on
[His campus

The poll was held Monday at?
ternoon in the lobby or the Stu—
dent t‘cnter

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Pharmacy professor
to get national post

By HEIDI PRURS'I‘
Staff Writer

The American I’hamaceutical As-
sociation has named l'K Pharmacy
Professor R. David (‘obh as its
chairmanelect.

Cobb. who graduated from [K in
1973 with a doctorate in pharmacy.
was pleased with his appointment

“I see it as a challenge. obviously.
but I‘m excited and honored." he
said. “This is the highest office in
pharmacy iii the I'nited States "

The American Pharmat eutical .\s
sociatiorl lAPhA) is a special inter
est group to serve the profession

The association provides represen-
tation in other organizations through
its membership. (‘obb said. For cxa
ample. the federal Food and Drug
Administration may ask members of
APhA to testify on a certain issue
relating to pharmacy. he said.

(‘obb was a member of the APhA
Board of Trustees from 1986-1988. He
was appointed chairmanelect .Ian 1
of this year and will take over as

basketball

not really want to interview recipi-
ents.

”They were saying to them. with
some kind of impatience. ‘Look. ei-
ther talk to us or tell us you're not
going to talk to us Do one or the
other.‘ " Singletary said

The letters were only written after
UK investigators made several at-
tempts to interview the former play»
ers in person or by telephone. he
said.

The investigative team of UK
legal counsel John Darsie. UK law
Dean Robert Lawson and former

t'lldll‘llliill beginning Jan 1. 1989 He
was chosen over the dean of phar«
mac} at the l'niversily o1 Wiscon—
s‘lll

(‘olili said that as chairman he
must be visible for the organization
and a spokestwrson tor APhA “l
ham- to try to answer problems for
pharmacists "

(‘obb said qualities that will help
him preside over the «loom-member
association are abilities to commu-
nicate to delegate responsibilities
and to be a leader

"Kentucky has been notorious for
its leadership in pharmacy and
Dave i(‘obbi is just another exams
ple of that." said Dwaine Green.
with the ('ollege of Pharmacy and a
member of APhA “l have every
confidence in the world in him."

(‘obb gained experience while
serving on the Academy of Pharma-
cy Practice Executive Committee,
iii APhA from 19801985 and being
active with the state and local chap-
ters of the association.

° 11 iry
Dean of Students Joe Burch was the
same one that investigated infrac-

tions in ['K's football and basketball
program in the mid-197m,

Singletary said the NCAA called
that probe a “model." The investi-
gation led to a 1976 reprimand. cen-
sure and two-year probation for in-
fractions in both programs.

He said allegations of violations in
1985 were harder to substantiate.

Burch declined to comment. while
Lawson said. “I don‘t see any rea-
son tosayanymoreaboutit."

 

 2 — Kentucky Kernel, Wednesday.mrch 9,1938

0Gore, Bush win Ky.

Continued from Page 1

see how he could expect to be the
nominee,“ McConnell said.

When Bush ran for the Republican
nomination in 1980, he performed
fairly well in the south and that is
one reason why he won by such an
overwhelming margin yesterday.
McConnell said.

Bush's victory also helped to quell
some of the vice president‘s critics
who charged that he is not electable,
McConnell said.

"I think this vote is a sign that the
people liked what happened in the
tirst eight years of the Reagan-Bush
r~ “olution and want to see the sec-
\) it! chapter." said Kentucky Con-
gressman Hal Rodgers of the fifth
congressional district.

By sewing up the nomination in
March. Rodgers said the Republican
party will have plenty of time to
prepare for the national convention
to be held in New (irleans this Au-
gust

“There is much more time to heal
wounds and bring people together."
Rodgers said,

George Phillips. state coordinator
for the Kentucky (lore campaign,
said that without the endorsement of
Wilkinson and other state leaders,
(from might not have done so well in
Kentucky

Although a moderate to conserva-
tive Democrat did not emerge from
Super Tuesday as the party's front
runner, Phillips says (lore was still
served very well by the event.

Missouri Congressman Richard
Gephardt was knocked out of the
Democratic race by Gore. Phillips

said, thus making the nomination a
Gore-Dukakis battle.

When the race gets to the national
convention in Atlanta in mid July.
Phillips said the blacks supporting
the Rev. Jesse Jackson will be in-
clined to throw their support to
Gore, along with the party leaders.

But Si Deane. state director 0t stu-
dents for Gore. said that he was
very pleased with Gore‘s perfor-
mance yesterday.

“I think (Gore's) strategy has
really paid off,“ Deane said. "I
think he‘s doing really well and I
think he's showed . . . that he‘s not
just a southern candidate but a mid-
western candidate as well.“

Deane celebrated the Gore victory
at a party last night held by UK's
College Democrats at Mr. Gatti's
restaurant on S. Limestone.

Joseph Elias, president of Stu-
dents for Dukakis. was also at the
College Democrats‘ celebration,
along with about 24 other students.

Elias said that he was pleased
with Dukakis' showing despite his
loss to Gore in Kentucky.

Back in Louisville at Bush head-
quarters. Vanesse McDaniel, presi—
dent of UK Students for Bush. said
she was "elated“ with the results of
Super Tuesday.

McDaniels said Bush was able to
come away with such a big victory
because “he appeals to every man
and because he comes across well
with his platform."

Information for this story was also

gathered by News Editor Thomas J.
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victories in Tennessee.
and l )klahoma.

Bush won overwhelmingly in Flor~
itla. Georgia. Virginia. Kentucky,
Mississippi. Alabama. North Caroli-
na and Massachusetts as he bid for
a huge majority of the 712 national
convention delegates at stake.

The campaign was notable for its
accusatory TV commercials. And
the number of convention delegates
at stake 712 in 17 Republican con-
tests and 1.307 in 21 Democratic pri-
maries and caucuses __. made Super
Tuesday the busiest day of this or
any other presidential nomination
campaign.

As the day dawned. Bush and Du»
kakis were the leaders in the hunt
for national convention delegates.
Democratic delegates from Minne»
sota‘s Feb 23 caucuses were being
allocated with most to Dukakis. fol-
lowed by Jackson.

Betoreliand. Dukakis had 70 dele—
gates. (icphardt 50. Simon 36. Jack-
son 28 and Gore :22. It takes 2.082

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delegates to win the Democratic
nomination.

Among the Republicans. it was
Bush with 126. Dole with 65. Kemp
with 35 and Robertson with 8. It
takes 1.139 delegates to win the GOP
nomination.

Democratic surveys suggested
that Dukakis and Jackson would
each carry at least a handful of
states, Dukakis had his home state
of Massachusetts in his pocket. but
Gore countered with his Tennessee
and Gephardt with Missouri.

Dukakis. having won several New
England contests. hoped to demon»
strate a broader appeal than any of
his rivals with victories in Texas.
Florida. Washington. Maryland.
Rhode Island and Hawaii. Jackson
was strong all across Dixie and
Gore‘s hopes seemed to rest on the
strength of secondrplace finishes,

Dukakis targeted his campaign at
ethnic voters. liberals and union
workers in pockets across the South,
aiming his appeal as well at the
huge elderly population in Florida.

Dukakis hoped to use his superior
finances and organization to pick up
dozens of delegates in states where
he didn‘t expect to win outright. His
rivals made the same effort on a
smaller scale. knowing they could
earn at least one delegate in any
congressional district where they re-
ceived 15 percent of the vote.

Jackson. who has run well in some
states without a large number of
black voters. was drawing on his
core constituency for the first time
this year and hoped to win in
Georgia. Virginia, Mississippi, Loui-
siana and Alabama. as well as one
or two other states.

Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois by-
passed thc Super Tuesday elections
to concentrate on the primary next
week in his home state. Gary Hart.
the long-ago front-runner, was the
invisible man politically.

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enough delegates to make his nomi-
nation seem inevitable, while Dole
hoped to snare enough to carry him
credibly to next week‘s primary
fight in Illinois.

Robertson. the former television
evangelist, bid for second place in a
few states and a win in the Washing-
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dreamed of emerging as a conserva-
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Richard Pryor
can’t match
stand-up flair
in ‘Moving’

By WESLEY MILLER
Senior Staff Critic

Richard Pryor is possibly the fun
niest man alive when he is doing his
stand-up routine onstage.

Give him a script and put him on
a set. however, and you can forget
it.

“Moving,“ Pryor‘s latest attempt
at creating comedy in a controlled
environment, is as lame as every
other feature he has made, from
“Stir Crazy“ to “Bustin‘ Loose” to
"Critical Condition."

There is one reason why Pryor
has been unable to make a single
successful comedy tl‘ll take that
back; “Which Way Is Up?“ is low
budget, grainy and a scream during
its first half i, and one reason only.

He tries to be so likable all the
time. He refuses to take any
chances whatsoever, to do anything
that might even remotely offend
anybody.

That is why he is so enjoyable
onstage. lie is profane. open. sponta-
neous 'J’ld creative — 10 times fun-
nier than Eddie Murphy could ever
dream of being.

There is little that is spontaneous
or creative in “Moving.“ a situation
comedy about an engineer who faces
the rigors of moving when he takes
a job in a different state.

Pryor plays Arlo Pear. a man who
loses his job of 15 years in New Jer-
sey. Faced with no employment. a
luxurious house and a family with
expensive tastes. Arlo takes a lucra-
tive job in Boise. Idaho, much to the
dismay of his wife and daughter.
who have grown attached to their
life in New Jersey.

As expected, the Pear family en~

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Richard Pryor, pictured in his stand-up movie. “Richard Pryor Here
and Now," loses the spontaneity of his one-man act in “Moving."

counters all kinds of problems while
trying to move. As usual for a Pryor
comedy. none of the situations are
very funny or original,

When Arlo tries to attract a pair
of homebuyers during a tour of their
house. daughter Casey (Stacey
Dash), who does not want to move
away from her boyfriend, fixes it so
a variety of things go wrong.

The movie is not a total flop. how-
ever. Some much-needed comedy re~
lief is supplied by strategically-lo-
cated uncredited comic cameos by
Rodney Dangerfield and Morris
Day. who provides a delightful self—
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friends"

Dana Carvey tthe church lady or
"Saturday Night Live") is hilarious
in a small bit as Brad Williams. the
cleancut youngster that Arlo hires
to drive his $25,000 prized Porsche to
Idaho. Randy Quaid (“National
Lampoon‘s Vacation”) is also good
as Arlo's obnoxious nextdoor neigh-
bor Frank Crawford.

Aside from these occasional res
pites from the monotony, “Moving“
has very little to offer. There‘s no
hope for a Richard Pryor comedy.
aside from stage performances like
"Live on the Sunset Strip” or
"Wanted: Live in Concert." until he
puts a little guts into his perfor-
mances. It isn‘t necessary to appeal
to everyone to be funny. All he
needs to do to get people to like him
is to offend them a little.

It works in concert. anyway,

Rated R. Now playing at Cross
roads and North Park cinemas.

Kentucky Kernel, Wednesday, March 9, 1988 — 3

Erik Reece
Arts Editor

Playwright Alan Ayckbourn
exploring drama’s darker side

By MATT WOLF
Associated Press

LONDON v Alan Ayckbourn may
be known as Britain‘s most prolific
comic playwright, but the man often
billed as an English Neil Simon says
his plays are getting darker.

In his 3an play. “Woman in
Mind,“ now at off-Broadway‘s Man-
hattan Theater Club. the author pre-
sents a heroine on the brink of mad»
ness. Audiences may laugh at first.
Ayckbourn says. but he hopes the
chuckles ultimately catch in the
throat.

“It's an attempt to be a popular
play saying something serious." the
48—year-old Ayckbourn said the other
day in an office at London's Nation-
31 Theater where he has been iii res
idence as a director and a play
wright since the fall of wills.

“l stripped calling my plays come
dies years and years ago." says the
Londonborn writer who began his
career as an actor and stage inan
ager.

“People write and say. "‘\'t'oiiiaii
in Mind” is rather sad at the end.
isn‘t it‘." and I say Mcll. yeah i
only said it was a play. not a corner
dyx'”

A rotiind, engaging man with a
low laugh that sometimes swallows
up his words. Ayckbourn has made
his reputation over two decades by
chronicling the humors and the hor-
rors ol the British lower middle
class.

While such colleagues as Harold
Pinter and Tom Stoppard spiii el-
egantly phrased dramas out of the
mores of the well-heeled, Ayck-
bourn‘s terrain is the same middle
class that makes up his audience.
They are the people he courts and,
sometimes. critiques

"I take the audience by the hand

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and take them down a path they
would not normally have gone.”
Ayckbourn say s

'l‘hat audience has remained loyal
over two decades. since his 1963 play
"Mr. Whatnot." about a mute piano
tuner. brought him acclaim and an
agent. the influential Margaret
ltaiiiscy

According to a 1983-86 British Arts
('oiiiicil report. Ayckbourn's plays
were second that year only to Shake
spcare's in numbers of [)t‘l‘lttl‘
niaiiccs girl-ii throughout England s
regional theaters

His work is performed in more
than .53 countries as far afield as
l‘i'iiguay‘. :‘iustralia and Kenya .-\I
though several have been seen on
Broadway most recently" "Bed
i‘iiozii it‘ai‘ce“ in 1978 he has not
yet enjoyed a Broadway smash

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crack. ol course. in the whole
world.’ .-\y'ckbourii said. conceding
he was pl‘t‘tK‘t‘llplt‘tl with the New
York reception of "Woman iii
Mind "

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Stockard t'haiiiiiiig 1983's 'l'onyv
wiiiiiing star ol “.loc Egg" as a
llltddlt‘rt'ltlss Englishwoinan named
Susan who seeks refuge from her
dreary domestic roiitiiic iii a fantasy
world rite with its tM'll dangers

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siii'ccsslul West End production

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recent Ayckbourn play that looks at
the moral and psychological under
side ol people and lllt'lt‘ society

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