Shylock Is Anything but a Villain in 'Merchant' By Donald Mackechnie, \f7 and \o7 MacKechnie, a British theater director and writer now living in Los Angeles, has directed various Shakespeare plays in this country and in England. He wrote "Meetin's on the Porch," staged last year at the Canon Theatre here.
PLATFORM : A Loss for Children By Melinda Bird, \o7 MELINDA BIRD is an attorney for the Western Center on Law and Poverty. Reacting to Gov. Pete Wilson's request for a 50% cut in the state Homeless Families Assistance Program, she told The Times:\f7