That space, in which we "fill in the rest," is a crucial part of the geography of all theater, where audiences are expected to contribute their own good will and imagination in sustaining fantasies.
In the title tale from Joan Aiken's "The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories" (Big Mouth House: 330 pp., $20), the impossible things happen after breakfast, and the proof of our belief is the pang at the end, when beautifully sustained fantasy crashes into the everyday.
Belonging to the nation or any other community by birth, including one's family, sustains fantasies of immortality, as these groups persist after one's own life has ended.
He enabled Washington to sustain a fantasy future for Iraq.
Not even the haziest romantic could sustain the fantasy of the theatre as a world apart.
His manager, Charles Bobbit, sustained this fantasy: "It was a repeat of 1968 — Boston, Massachusetts — and both cities, both mayors, called for help 'cause they couldn't do it".
You may wonder about the amount of chemical insecticide, fungicide and fertiliser that is needed to sustain the fantasy, but most guests are very grateful.
His manager, Charles Bobbit, sustained this fantasy: "It was a repeat of 1968 Boston, Massachusetts—and both cities, both mayors, called for help 'cause they couldn't do it".
There is no evidence that the Senate has changed its attitude after already rejecting this twice". Carr accused the Coalition of retaining the policy to sustain the "fantasy" budget figures that were based on savings unlikely to pass the parliament.
Even he could not sustain the fantasy in the "real world", which always catches up with us in the end; just as it caught up with the 50-year-old fugitive from maturity late in the night of 25 June.
