Word: atienza
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...really don't like any public office because I am much too sensitive." Opposition leaders tried last week to play down the tactical brilliance of Marcos' selection of a running mate. "It's a sign that (the Marcos factions) are desperately trying to deodorize their image," said Assemblyman Joselito Atienza. "But like any other deodorant, it will fade away." Still, some opposition sources conceded that the Tolentino nomination was a factor in persuading Aquino and Laurel to mend their differences quickly...
...lesser roles are in general better handled than in Coe's Othello last summer. Eight of the players assume two roles apiece (the practice of doubling was of course standard in Shakespeare's day) Edward Atienza is particularly laudable as a cleanly spoken Worcester, though he overacts the Welsh rebel Glendower (who has parody built into him and does not need any more superimposed). And Karen Stott gives pleasure through Lady Mortimer's prescribed song (with a real on-stage harp accompaniment by Sophie Gilmartin), though her Doll Tearsheet, as I indicated, belongs in the sequent play, which I wish...
...roles of the French nobility are considerably trimmed, but Coe wisely avoided the common temptation to make them effete ninnies, which would significantly lessen King Henry's achievements. Edward Atienza would do well to rid his King Charles of lapses into the Maurice Evans tremolo; but it is effective, when he calls the roll of French nobles from the gallery, to have them line up in the shadows below clad in full armor and helmet, with their backs to the audience...