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the grand old man of the American theater

Recent Examples on the Web The good news is that Pacifiction, the latest feature from Catalan auteur Albert Serra, who’s only in his 40s but directs like a grand old man of the 1960s avant-garde, is quite watchable, even sort of plot-driven — for a Serra film. — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022 Three new biographical works suggest something of the pitfalls that beset anyone attempting to get the grand old man of British Romanticism down on paper. — Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020 Three new biographical works suggest something of the pitfalls that beset anyone attempting to get the grand old man of British Romanticism down on paper. — Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020 Three new biographical works suggest something of the pitfalls that beset anyone attempting to get the grand old man of British Romanticism down on paper. — Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020 Three new biographical works suggest something of the pitfalls that beset anyone attempting to get the grand old man of British Romanticism down on paper. — Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020 Three new biographical works suggest something of the pitfalls that beset anyone attempting to get the grand old man of British Romanticism down on paper. — Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020 Three new biographical works suggest something of the pitfalls that beset anyone attempting to get the grand old man of British Romanticism down on paper. — Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020 Three new biographical works suggest something of the pitfalls that beset anyone attempting to get the grand old man of British Romanticism down on paper. — Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020 See More

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