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Romp and roll.


Playwright David Grimm unlaces corsets and unbuttons breeches in his randy Restoration romp, Measure for Pleasure (at New York's Public Theater; previews begin February 21). 'To me. the past isn't something that's kept in mothballs:' says the author of Kit Marlowe and Sheridan, who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. "When we look at human beings from a bit of distance we look at ourselves with a bit more objectivity."

Gleefully glee·ful  
adj.
Full of jubilant delight; joyful.



gleeful·ly adv.

glee
 exposing love and lust Lust
See also Profligacy, Promiscuity.

Aeshma

fiend of evil passion. [Iranian Myth.: Leach, 17]

Aholah and Aholibah

lusty whores; bedded from Egypt to Babylon. [O.T.: Ezekiel 23:1–21]

Alcina

lustful fairy. [Ital.
 in mid-18th-century England, Grimm's Pleasure climaxes with a happy ending and a gay couple's marriage. The Midwestern-born redheaded red·head·ed  
adj.
1. Having red hair.

2. Having a red head: a redheaded woodpecker.

Adj. 1.
 playwright, currently single ("I'm hoping for a date out of this," he quips), is neither pro--nor anti--same-sex marriage: As a teenager coming out in 1980, he says, the best thing was not having to follow the paradigms of the straight world. "But I do think there is something cool and subversive about taking the cornerstone cornerstone

Ceremonial building block, dated or otherwise inscribed, usually placed in an outer wall of a building to commemorate its dedication. Often the stone is hollowed out to contain newspapers, photographs, or other documents reflecting current customs, with a view to
 of heterosexual heterosexual /het·ero·sex·u·al/ (-sek´shoo-al)
1. pertaining to, characteristic of, or directed toward the opposite sex.

2. one who is sexually attracted to persons of the opposite sex.
 society and saying, 'Oh, you think this is for a man and a woman only? Up yours!'"
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Title Annotation:THEATER
Author:Raymond, Gerard
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Feb 28, 2006
Words:166
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