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Ms. Iveson said she followed the opt-out instructions on the company's website, sending at least four emails over six months, with no reply.

With Catalogs, Opt-Out Policies Vary Jennifer Valentino-DeVries 2011

"I cannot conceive of how she became a recipient of some of these things," Ms. Iveson says.

With Catalogs, Opt-Out Policies Vary Jennifer Valentino-DeVries 2011

Iveson handles the herculean task of his role easily, but simply doesn't command the stage the way Scott Shepherd did in Gatz.

Michael Giltz: Theater: ERS Tackles Hemingway; Nelson Tackles 9-11 Michael Giltz 2011

But four or five catalogs are still mailed to her mother each week, prompting Ms. Iveson to complain to Catalog Choice about several merchants, including Harriet Carter Gifts Inc., which offers products such as microwavable slippers and pet dental spray.

With Catalogs, Opt-Out Policies Vary Jennifer Valentino-DeVries 2011

That romance is between the impotent, penniless journalist Jake Barnes (Mike Iveson) and the cool, worldly beauty Brett Ashley (Lucy Taylor), who wanders from man to man but always returns for a chaste reunion with the one man she can never truly have.

Michael Giltz: Theater: ERS Tackles Hemingway; Nelson Tackles 9-11 Michael Giltz 2011

Iveson handles the herculean task of his role easily, but simply doesn't command the stage the way Scott Shepherd did in Gatz.

Michael Giltz: Theater: ERS Tackles Hemingway; Nelson Tackles 9-11 Michael Giltz 2011

The roughly three-hour play, which starts performances at New York Theatre Workshop next Friday, is guided by the book's narrator, a journalist made impotent by a war injury, played by actor Mike Iveson.

A Classic, Condensed 2011

"The more we do it, the less Hemingway persona I'm putting on it and I'm letting the words do most of the work," says Mr. Iveson, who performs without a book, unlike the narrator in "Gatz."

A Classic, Condensed 2011

That romance is between the impotent, penniless journalist Jake Barnes (Mike Iveson) and the cool, worldly beauty Brett Ashley (Lucy Taylor), who wanders from man to man but always returns for a chaste reunion with the one man she can never truly have.

Michael Giltz: Theater: ERS Tackles Hemingway; Nelson Tackles 9-11 Michael Giltz 2011

Last June, Ms. Iveson took her mother's credit cards, redirected the mail to her own home, and began opting out of more than 440 brands.

With Catalogs, Opt-Out Policies Vary Jennifer Valentino-DeVries 2011