Word: bailiff
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...member of the audience--is forced to stand trial for the murders in Hamlet. The play begins as Judge Titorelli (Max-Joseph Montel '01) takes the stand, while on stage behind him a troupe of actors pantomime Shakespeare's bloody plot. In search of a guilty party, the menacing Bailiff (Young Lee '99) whisks Roulleau out of his seat among the audience and into the witness stand. Prosecuting Counselor Clamence (Claire Farley '01) accuses him of complicity in the actors' murders: by doing nothing to prevent the players' deaths, she argues, Roulleau is no less culpable than a bystander...
...keeping with its premise, Groundlings offers many opportunities for audience participation. Roulleau repeatedly asks the audience to storm out in protest, or to help him overcome the Bailiff. At times, the actors seemed hesitant as to how to respond when no brave audience member was forthcoming. However, the audience's unwillingness to intercede actually strengthened the play's premise, further emphasizing the audience's guilt...
...next time you are tempted to stiff a surly cabbie, put yourself behind the wheel. A recent study on workplace violence ranked driving a taxi as the most dangerous occupation in the U.S., with sheriff or bailiff as a distant second and police officer or detective the third most perilous positions. Between 1990 and 1992, 140 cab drivers and chauffeurs were killed, more than all law enforcement officials combined, according to researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. According to the study, about 20 American workers are killed and 18,000 are assaulted every week. Most...
...month, a French court awarded Jardine 150,000 francs, approximately $30,000, which is the highest amount Le Figaro has ever paid in a lawsuit, and ruled that the paper had acted improperly in falsely reporting her academic credentials. A similar suit by Suleiman was dismissed because a court bailiff failed to deliver Suleiman's court papers before the filing deadline...
...expect that the suit against the bailiffwill produce at least the same amount of damagesas I would have gotten from Le Figaro,"Suleiman said. "But there may be additionaldamages for the harm done by the bailiff's ownerror...