Word: aquilae
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Brustein's Changeling is thus about passion and virginity--though not of the Hail Mary, controversially-Catholic variety that recently has been thrust into the headlines. Here the reputation of virginity--protagonist Beatrice-Joanna Vermandero's (Diane D'Aquila) obsession to keep her honor intact--leads to doom and destruction. Female chastity is the ideal that justifies the most heinous atrocities...
...this strategy backfires. Brustein's carefully planned theoretical blueprint of the play is sabotaged by shoddy acting in several key roles. The chief blame rests with D'Aquila, whose mannish, histrionic performance never musters an ounce of sympathy. Her love affair with Alsemero (Harry S. Murphy) is discarded too early; and she changes into an evil murderess with only the slightest provocation, gushing at one point, "I am forced to love thee now for thou provides so well for mine honor...
...Sisterhood of Streetwalkers should sue every play or screenwriter who utilizes the hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold; Hauptman uses two of them, played by Diane D'Aquila and Gayle Keller. D'Aquila brings more cynical bite to her roll than called for, and gets saddled with the metaphoric burden of being not just a prostitute, but an American Indian prostitute...
...listings, to be sure, are a bit complicated. The same star sometimes receives a different designation in different catalogues. Currently, one of the most intriguing stars to astronomers is an object in the constellation Aquila (Eagle) that seems simultaneously to be hurtling toward and away from us. It is designated SS 433 because it was the 433rd object listed in a catalogue published a few years ago by Case Western Reserve Astronomers C. Bruce Stephenson and Nicholas Sanduleak. But it is also listed in a standard inventory of variable stars (whose light brightens and dims) as V1343 Aquilae...
Much of the townsfolk's rancor is aimed at the school system's superintendent, Thomas Aquila, already one of the highest paid in the state. At $56,000, he makes more than the Governor of Connecticut. "We don't have quality education," complains Lupton. "What we have is spending gone berserk...