Survival of the fittest.(Philadelphia and New York City; genesis of Michael Hollinger's Tooth and Claw)
American Theatre, March, 2004 by Klein, Julia M.
FOR YEARS, PLAYWRIGHT Michael Hollinger had been fascinated by the idea of evolution. Then, in 1995, he heard a National Public Radio report about a conflict between fishermen and scientists in the Galapagos Islands, whose unusual species helped inspire Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ecuadorian fishermen, upset by the shutdown of the seacucumber industry, "responded by slaughtering giant tortoises, which are endangered, and by laying siege to the Charles Darwin Research Station and threatening to burn it down," says ...
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