A professor of sociology at Princeton, Duneier traces the term ghetto from its beginnings in the 16th century to its revival in Venice, Italy, during World War II to present-day America.
Howard Brenton's In Extremis, a hit in 2006, returned the following year; Ché Walker's The Frontline, a boisterous portrait of present-day Camden, returns this summer, alongside Dromgoole's Love's Labour's Lost (another revival).
Some theatergoers get tied up comparing revivals with original productions, which is beside the point; present-day viewers, after all, do not have the opportunity to see any version other than the one currently on offer.
It takes at least three revivals before the final traces of the confusing, noisy mélange that characterises present-day reality is filtered out, and we are left with the true essence of an era.
The Confucian revival has been especially visible in the city of Qufu, the sage's home town, in present-day Shandong Province.
Evolution is occurring among present-day insects.
Five present-day human genomes.
The present-day Richard Cole.
The decline of Irish has continued to the present day, in spite of a revival campaign initiated by the Gaelic League in 1893 and made part of official policy after the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1921.
Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden : the opera of The exile, on its revival,... : [t]his present Monday, October 22, 1821, will be performed... the opera of The exile : the overture and original musick composed by Mr. Mazzinghi : the chorusses and additional music composed by Mr. Bish[o]p... : to which will be added the musical farce of The padlock.
