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'PEYTON PLACE' MEETS HENRIK IBSEN

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 19870721
Author:Kevin Kelly, Globe Staff

YEAR OF THE DUCK -- Play in two acts by Israel Horovitz,

directed by Geoffrey Sherman, set and lights by Patrick J.

Scully, costumes by Mimi Maxmen, at the Gloucester Stage

Company, Wednesday-Saturday, through August l6. GLOUCESTER - In Israel Horovitz's "Year of the Duck" an old man named Nathan Budd has a startling experience. He's told that by uttering a sound he may be able to control waves in the atmosphere and shut off the television set in another room. He tries it. He cups his mouth with his hands and blows out a quick "Whooosh." He accelerates a second, a ...

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