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4 The Gamecock Monday, January 29, 1990
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By SHANNON PHILLIPS
Staff Writer
Intrigues of the 18th-century
French court will be explored in
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, which i
opens Jan. 31 at Longstreet Thea-1
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ler. ine piay is uirecieu uy nun y
Dreher, and it promises to be one
of the most exciting productions of
the year. ^
The play, based on a novel by a
Choderlos de Laclos, is a series of
letters which outline the plot of the
story. The letters revolve around
the Marquise de Merteuil and the
Vicomte de Valmont. Together
these characters create a stuggle i
between love and power by plot- %
ting the sexual overthow of their M
The play, written by Christopher m
Hampton, was first produced by
the Royal Shakespeare Company P. S
in September, 1985. Since then, mk jtfr
the play has been adapted to film
in the recent hit movie, Dangerous
Liaisons, starring Glenn Close and
John Malkovich. The movie and
the play are virtually the same
with a few exceptions. The play
has the advantage of a live performance
which enables the audience
to feel completely the human passion
in each character. IRkwcmH
Jim Huesz, who portrays Valmont,
said "the main difference James
between the movie and the play wards rel"
deals with the interpretation of the treet Thee
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By KATHY HEBERGER dents from <
Staff Writer and USC w
State House pages, the college as Pa^3. le
students who transport letters, bills l?mS- 1S !
and hamburgers to South Carolina lcgislati
representatives and senators each members ii
day, say they're having a good s",
time watching the government '
work. week and (
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fun to read about this and that bill ,s an 0
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an international business sopho- a ?.nf,sl e 1
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before everybody else does. You Usually the
feel important because you're do- information
ing so much for other people ? complexes,
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man Carrie Conway said. ' the layout
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2 before them, their the Morriston Orpheus Male Voice
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albums they produce, highly uncharacteristeric of The
ict that the material is Alarm's usual sound,
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ances on or near col- to be a master at manipulating
zs has made the col- well-worn metaphors into insighte
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arity. world in general. The band's musii's
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rock, in the style of albums, and comes close to equal10-and
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s is known for his Twist.
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utside of The Alarm's While The Alarm is still accuThe
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lity about it, infused Change may be the album which
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pecially on "Prison same level of excellence as recordon
Bars." The pound- ing artists. They are one of the
screaming guitar paint best live bands in the world today,
re of the group's hyp- and this tour is an experience not
how. to be missed. Change is an album
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song writing ability. through the cracks,
created a wealth of Best Cuts: "No Frontiers,"
carry equally well re- "Scarlet," "Love Don't Come
ive. Most were written Easy," "How the Mighty Fall,"
as a whole, the others "Rivers to Cross." 1/2
ead singer Peters with out of a possible Five.
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