Reminder about a Dorothy Parker production this week. The Midtown International Theatre Festival and TimeSpace Theatre Company present THOSE WHISTLING LADS, The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker. Adapted for the Stage by Maureen Van Trease, Directed by Jeff Janisheski. Showtime: Friday, August 3, 1:30 p.m.Place: The Workshop Theatres, Mainstage, 312 West 36th Street,…
Day Seven: Dorothy Parker Copyright Trial Wraps Up
The Dorothy Parker Copyright Trial ended today. It lasted seven days; the final day was devoted to concluding the video deposition of Randall Calhoun. The monotonous testimony considered the line of questions that took up most of yesterday afternoon, defining what “poems” and “poetry” mean to scholars. Calhoun, an assistant professor of English from Ball…
Day Six: Penguin Publisher, Expert, Enliven Parker Copyright Trial
The Dorothy Parker Copyright Trial rolled into its second week today, but the end is in sight. Judge John F. Keenan today predicted it would wrap up tomorrow or Thursday. The final live witness was called today, Penguin Books president and publisher Kathryn Court. The courtroom also got its first look, via video monitor, at…
Day Five: Penguin’s Top Execs Testify in Parker Copyright Trial
In an old cowboys and Indians movie I once saw, I remember a cowboy throw his saddle onto the back of his horse. In between the saddle and the horse was a blanket, and underneath the blanket were a couple of burs that had been picked up someplace. When the saddle landed on the blanket…
Day Four: Ex-Editor Appears in Parker Copyright Trial
Friday morning during Day Four of the Dorothy Parker Copyright Trial the courtroom of Judge John F. Keenan did not know what to expect of the first witness. Judge Keenan said, “I have no idea whether he’s hostile or not,” prompted by a memo from one of the attorneys in the case. The air of…
Day Three: Witness Enlivens Parker Copyright Trial
On Day Three of the Dorothy Parker Copyright Trial the mood in the courtroom changed. Possibly this was due to the fact that the court has now heard from two witnesses and moved onto two more, one in the flesh and one on a TV monitor. For a third day in a row, I was…