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`Yankee': Stitches in Time

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19960216
Author:Sarah Kaufman

"The Magnificent Yankee" Through March 10 Ford's Theatre Tickets: 202/347-4833

Emmet Lavery's "The Magnificent Yankee," based on the lives of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and his sharp-witted wife, spans more than three decades. Not only politics but hemlines changed quite a bit during those years (1900 to 1935). Think bustles and flappers. The costume designer has to have a sense of history.

And does he ever. Dressing the Holmeses and their servants, secretaries and associates is Noel Taylor, who first designed "The ...

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