
Jonathan Miller, physician, writer, actor, director and producer, visited Penn last week to deliver the School of Arts and Sciences Dean's Forum lecture at the University Museum of Archaelology and Anthropology. He also discussed regional accents with Professor William Labov's linguistic class on Wednesday in Williams Hall (below). Perhaps best known for his role in "Beyond the Fringe" and his BBC series "The Body in Question," he told the Dean's Forum audience that directors and producers cannot recreate a play exactly as the author intended.

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