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  1. Theater
    Abes & angels
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, January 1994, pp. 48-52
  2. Book Reviews
    [+]
    American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, Vol I, by John Hollander
    1. American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, Vol I by John Hollander
    The American Spectator, September 1994, pp. 64-66
  3. Departments
    Among the Intellectualoids
    Donald Lyons
    Tina on Top
    The American Spectator, December 1992, pp. 44-46
  4. Theater
    "Angels" & others
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, June 1993, pp. 56-59
  5. Apollinaire's "Alcools"
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, December 1995, pp. 28-32
  6. [+]
    Bardolatry (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, by Harold Bloom
    1. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom
    Commentary, April 1999, pp. 53-55
  7. Theater
    Brecht's "Chalk Circle"
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, January 1991, pp. 63-66
  8. Theater
    British fustian
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, June 1990, pp. 59-63
  9. Theater
    Broadway
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, June 1991, pp. 52-57
  10. Theater
    Buchner & Ibsen
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, April 1991, pp. 42-46
  11. Theater
    Bulgakov
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, October 1991, pp. 57-59
  12. Theater
    "Carousel" & "The Flowering Peach"
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, May 1994, pp. 58-62
  13. Cather's "The Professor's House"
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, January 2000, pp. 10-16
  14. [+]
    Catholic Killers (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Faith and Treason, by Antonia Fraser
    1. Faith and Treason by Antonia Fraser
    The Weekly Standard, December 16, 1996, pp. 36-37
  15. Books
    [+]
    Catullus: the poet as lover & scourge (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Catullus, by Charles Martin
    1. Catullus by Charles Martin
    The New Criterion, February 1993, pp. 56-60
  16. Theater
    Checkhov & others
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, January 1993, pp. 53-56
  17. Theater
    Chekhov at Yale
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, November 1990, pp. 56-61
  18. [+]
    Choosing coarseness (2 Reviews)
    Donald Lyons
    Aristophanes, Vol. I, by Jeffrey Henderson and Aristophanes
    1. Aristophanes, Vol. I by Jeffrey Henderson and Aristophanes
    2. Aristophanes, Vol. II by Jeffrey Henderson and Aristophanes
    The New Criterion, May 1999, pp. 76-86
  19. Book Reviews
    [+]
    Collected Travel Writings (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Collected Travel Writings, by Henry James
    1. Collected Travel Writings by Henry James
    The American Spectator, March 1994, pp. 66-67
  20. Theater
    Comedies by Guare & Feiffer
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, September 1990, pp. 65-68
  21. [+]
    Conquest (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Conquest: Montezuma, Cortes, and the Fall of Old Mexico, by Hugh Thomas
    1. Conquest: Montezuma, Cortes, and the Fall of Old Mexico by Hugh Thomas
    The American Spectator, June 1994, pp. 64-65
  22. [+]
    Curtains (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Broadway Babies Say Goodnight, by Mark Steyn
    1. Broadway Babies Say Goodnight by Mark Steyn
    National Review, August 9, 1999, pp. 46-49
  23. Theater
    "Damn Yankees"
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, April 1994, pp. 52-54
  24. [+]
    Dark comedy (2 Reviews)
    Donald Lyons
    Euripides, Vol 5, by David Kovacs and Euripides
    1. Euripides, Vol 5 by David Kovacs and Euripides
    2. Euripides, Vol 6 by David Kovacs and Euripides
    The New Criterion, May 2003, pp. 76-77
  25. Theater
    David Ives's "All in the Timing"
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, February 1994, pp. 58-60
  26. [+]
    Englishing the "Odes" (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Horace in English, by D.S. Carne-Ross, Kenneth Haynes, and Horace
    1. Horace in English by D.S. Carne-Ross, Kenneth Haynes, and Horace
    The New Criterion, June 1996, pp. 88-89
  27. Theater
    Euripedes in Paris, Shakespeare in London
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, September 1991, pp. 131-135
  28. Ezra Pound
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, June 1999, pp. 16-22
  29. [+]
    Forbidden Knowledge (2 Reviews)
    Donald Lyons
    Slouching Towards Gomorrah, by Robert H. Bork
    1. Slouching Towards Gomorrah by Robert H. Bork
    2. Forbidden Knowledge by Roger Shattuck
    The American Spectator, December 1996, pp. 76-77
  30. [+]
    A Forgotten Spy Case (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    The Amerasia Spy Case, by Harvey Klehr and Ronald Radosh
    1. The Amerasia Spy Case by Harvey Klehr and Ronald Radosh
    The Weekly Standard, April 1, 1996, pp. 26-29
  31. [+]
    Four Wars and a Crisis (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    On the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace, by Donald Kagan
    1. On the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace by Donald Kagan
    National Review, March 6, 1995, pp. 65-66
  32. Theater
    Frank Wedekin's "Lula"
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, October 1993, pp. 50-53
  33. The Gay-Play Decade
    Donald Lyons
    The Weekly Standard, October 16, 1995, pp. 40-43
  34. Theater
    Gershwin & more
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, April 1992, pp. 56-59
  35. [+]
    Girl Crazy (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Brecht and Company, by John Fuegi
    1. Brecht and Company by John Fuegi
    National Review, November 21, 1994, pp. 64-65
  36. [+]
    The Great One (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    The Great One, by William A. Henry III
    1. The Great One by William A. Henry III
    The American Spectator, September 1992, p. 60
  37. Theater
    The Group
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, February 1991, pp. 62-66
  38. [+]
    Hemingway (3 Reviews)
    Donald Lyons
    Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography, by Jeffrey Meyers
    1. Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography by Jeffrey Meyers
    2. A Life in Letters by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Matthew J. Bruccoli
    3. Hemingway: A Life Without Consequences by James R. Mellow
    The American Spectator, October 1994, pp. 72-73
  39. Theater
    Henry IV; monologists III
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, May 1991, pp. 49-54
  40. Books
    [+]
    Homosexualizing Henry James (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Henry James: The Young Master, by Sheldon M. Novick
    1. Henry James: The Young Master by Sheldon M. Novick
    The Weekly Standard, January 13, 1997, pp. 40-42
  41. [+]
    Jane Austen & Other Exploiters (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Culture and Imperialism, by Edward W. Said
    1. Culture and Imperialism by Edward W. Said
    Commentary, July 1993, pp. 60-61
  42. Theater
    Jane Bowles's "In the Summer House"
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, September 1993, pp. 67-70
  43. Theater
    "Les Atrides"
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, November 1992, pp. 53-57
  44. Movies
    [+]
    Lights, Camera, Shakespeare (4 Reviews)
    Donald Lyons
    William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1996 Film), by Baz Luhrmann
    1. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1996 Film) by Baz Luhrmann
    2. Looking for Richard (1996 Film) by Al Pacino
    3. Hamlet (1996 Film) by Kenneth Branagh
    4. Twelfth Night (1996 Film) by Trevor Nunn
    Commentary, February 1997, pp. 57-60
  45. Theater
    Mamet & Gray
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, December 1992, pp. 48-50
  46. [+]
    A minor Augustan (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Auden, by Richard Davenport-Hines
    1. Auden by Richard Davenport-Hines
    The New Criterion, May 1996, pp. 74-75
  47. Theater
    Moliere
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, December 1990, pp. 48-51
  48. [+]
    The Mythical Middle (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    The Culture of Complaint, by Robert Hughes
    1. The Culture of Complaint by Robert Hughes
    Commentary, October 1993, pp. 64-68
  49. Nabokov in America
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, December 1997, pp. 18-28
  50. Theater
    New directors, new directions
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, June 1994, pp. 45-51
  51. Theater
    New York round-up
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, December 1991, pp. 52-57
  52. Theater
    "Nick & Nora" & more
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, February 1992, pp. 54-57
  53. [+]
    Not worth the powder (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Witches and Jesuits, by Garry Wills
    1. Witches and Jesuits by Garry Wills
    The New Criterion, February 1995, pp. 67-68
  54. Theater
    Odets's "Country Girl"
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, March 1991, pp. 70-72
  55. Theater
    On European methods
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, September 1992, pp. 59-63
  56. Theater
    Othertimes, otherwheres
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, January 1992, pp. 54-57
  57. Theater
    Pinter's "No Man's Land"
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, March 1994, pp. 44-46
  58. Q.D. Leavis
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, March 1991, pp. 22-32
  59. [+]
    Raymond Chandler (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Raymond Chandler: Stories and Early Novels, by Frank MacShane and Raymond Chandler
    1. Raymond Chandler: Stories and Early Novels by Frank MacShane and Raymond Chandler
    The American Spectator, November 1995, pp. 78-87
  60. Rebecca West's Legacy
    Donald Lyons
    The Weekly Standard, October 28, 1996, pp. 33-35
  61. [+]
    Books in Brief (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution, by E.L. Doctorow
    1. Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution by E.L. Doctorow
    National Review, December 27, 1993, pp. 72-76
  62. [+]
    Anti-Anglo attitudes (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Greek Fire, by Oliver Taplin
    1. Greek Fire by Oliver Taplin
    The New Criterion, October 1990, p. 80
  63. [+]
    Who killed literature? (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    After Bakhtin, by David Lodge
    1. After Bakhtin by David Lodge
    The New Criterion, January 1991, pp. 83-84
  64. Shorter notices
    [+]
    A poet and particularist (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair, by John Bossy
    1. Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair by John Bossy
    The New Criterion, November 1991, p. 76
  65. [+]
    War & pieces (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Virgil, by David R. Slavitt
    1. Virgil by David R. Slavitt
    The New Criterion, January 1992, pp. 77-78
  66. [+]
    Fuss & featherweights (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Ancient Sun, Modern Light, by Marianne McDonald
    1. Ancient Sun, Modern Light by Marianne McDonald
    The New Criterion, June 1992, p. 83
  67. [+]
    Passionate Porcupine (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Satire and Sentiment, 1660-1830, by Claude Julien Rawson
    1. Satire and Sentiment, 1660-1830 by Claude Julien Rawson
    The New Criterion, September 1994, pp. 89-90
  68. Shorter notices
    [+]
    The poem as prayer (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    A Dead Man in Deptford, by Anthony Burgess
    1. A Dead Man in Deptford by Anthony Burgess
    The New Criterion, May 1995, p. 79
  69. [+]
    War stories (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    The Mass Ornament, by Siegfried Kracauer and Thomas Y. Levin
    1. The Mass Ornament by Siegfried Kracauer and Thomas Y. Levin
    The New Criterion, September 1995, pp. 76-77
  70. Shorter notices
    [+]
    The terrible teens (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    A Greek-English Lexicon, by Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott
    1. A Greek-English Lexicon by Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott
    The New Criterion, September 1996, pp. 141-142
  71. Theater
    Revived & well
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, June 1992, pp. 57-60
  72. Theater
    "Richard III" in the Park
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, October 1990, pp. 56-59
  73. Theater
    Saints & sinners
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, March 1993, pp. 56-60
  74. [+]
    The Scandal of Pleasure (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    The Scandal of Pleasure, by Wendy Steiner
    1. The Scandal of Pleasure by Wendy Steiner
    The American Spectator, March 1996, p. 66
  75. Theater
    Schiller & co.
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, May 1992, pp. 54-59
  76. [+]
    The second English epic (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    The Iliad of Homer, by Steven Shankman, Homer, and Alexander Pope
    1. The Iliad of Homer by Steven Shankman, Homer, and Alexander Pope
    The New Criterion, October 1996, pp. 69-71
  77. The sense of Gertrude Stein
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, May 1998, pp. 11-16
  78. Sex, the Sixties & Camille Paglia
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, October 1992, pp. 37-41
  79. Theater
    Shelley & Shaw
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, May 1993, pp. 45-48
  80. Shorter notices
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, October 1991, p. 74
  81. [+]
    Shylock (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Shylock: A Legend and Its Legacy, by John Gross
    1. Shylock: A Legend and Its Legacy by John Gross
    The American Spectator, June 1993, pp. 64-65
  82. [+]
    The sphinx of Athens (2 Reviews)
    Donald Lyons
    Sophocles, Vol. I, by Sophocles and Hugh Lloyd-Jones
    1. Sophocles, Vol. I by Sophocles and Hugh Lloyd-Jones
    2. Sophocles, Vol. II by Sophocles and Hugh Lloyd-Jones
    The New Criterion, March 1995, pp. 68-72
  83. [+]
    Stalin and the Bomb (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Stalin and the Bomb, by David Holloway
    1. Stalin and the Bomb by David Holloway
    The American Spectator, February 1995, pp. 66-68
  84. Theater
    Steinbeck & Williams on Broadway
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, May 1990, pp. 47-51
  85. Theater
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, December 1993, pp. 53-55
  86. Theater
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, November 1993, pp. 60-62
  87. Book Reviews
    [+]
    Trollope (Review)
    Donald Lyons
    Trollope: A Biography, by N. John Hall
    1. Trollope: A Biography by N. John Hall
    The American Spectator, April 1992, pp. 66-67
  88. Theater
    "Two Shakespearean Actors"
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, March 1992, pp. 65-66
  89. Wallace Stevens's real world
    Donald Lyons
    The New Criterion, February 1998, pp. 23-28
  90. Books & Arts
    The Zsa-Zsa-ing of the American Mind?
    Donald Lyons
    The Weekly Standard, December 14, 1998, pp. 31-32
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