Ol' Man Keith

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Gender	MALE
Industry	Arts
Occupation	UC Irvine Professor emeritus, formerly artistic director of professional theater companies (LORT--the League of Resident Theaters, America's "National Theater")
Location	Irvine, CA, United States
Introduction	Emblem is the "Fowler Owl." b. San Francisco Feb. 23, 1939. Resided in SF until 1960. Have lived in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK; Vienna, Austria; Richmond VA; New England; Sarasota FL; and traveled to Europe, Russia, and So. America. Now living in SoCAL.
Interests	My grandkids, our garden, our three rascal dogs
Favorite Movies	APOCALYPSE NOW, 2001, REAR WINDOW, CASABLANCA, EMPIRE OF THE SUN, PATHS OF GLORY, KING LEAR (w Paul Scofield)
Favorite Music	Mahler's 2nd & 5th SYMPHONIES, Beethoven's NINTH SYMPHONY (conducted by von Karajan); PRECIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND (Aretha Franklin)
Favorite Books	Eclectic. I enjoy how some authors lead to other authors. Amor Towles' RULES OF CIVILITY & A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW led me back to Scott Fitzgerald. Past: Elizabeth Gilbert's SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS is truly fine--rich and compelling. I really enjoyed Arthur Phillips' THE EGYPTOLOGIST. Conrad, Poe, & many classics but esp. MOBY DICK. Recent: Philip Roth, Ian McEwan, Kate Atkinson, Elmore Leonard.