Mr. Beck is far from a polished storyteller, and his prose, faithfully translated by Allison Brown into a contemporary vernacular, sometimes stumbles over itself.

Their highest placement was in 1986, when Valarie Marsden placed 4th runner-up to Allison Brown of Oklahoma.

Mr. O'Day "played" Allison Brown as if she were a bass.

Allison Brown frolicked exuberantly as the woman whose mimed singing was silenced only by the illusion of squashing her under a drum.

Oklahoma has produced one Miss Teen USA, Allison Brown, who won in 1986.

Allison Brown, who portrayed Pentheus's mother, moved with a frosty elegance, which thawed when she joined the revelers.

Translated by Allison Brown.

Allison Brown and Robert La Fosse were frisky.

Allison Brown - banjola (2, 8, 9, 12), banjo (5-7)

Phillips, Philip & James Allison Brown.