Word: barkeep
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...same distortion of the soul destroys the people around Hickey, including, in more winsome but still painful performances, Barnard Hughes as a burned-out barkeep and Donald Moffat as a former anarchist who cannot decide whether he is more afraid of dying or of going on living. O'Neill gives each of the 17 barflies a revelatory scene, and every actor in this superb cast proves capable of that moment at center stage. The ensemble's energized acting, an apparent clash with the passivity of the text, emphasizes O'Neill's redemptive theme: that everyone, no matter how close...
...food, an inducement from the old days, is making a comeback as an alcohol absorber. Instead of simply getting blotto, early evening patrons can load up on appetizers. Many owners are glad to see happy hours on the wane, because the competitive discounting drains profits. Also, says one Boston barkeep, "nobody likes to deal with drunks...
Self, son of a Pimlico barkeep, is always a step behind his Yank associates. He doesn't have their slippery finish; he doesn't live on the sharp end, which means always flying first class and riding in stretch limos known as Autocrats. Slick's library consists of about 13 titles: Home Tax Guide, Treasure Island, The Usurers, Timon of Athens, Consortium, Our Mutual Friend, Buy Buy Buy, Silas Marner, Success!, The Pardoner's Tale, Confessions of a Bailiff, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and The Amethyst Inheritance. When a woman refuses him until he has read Animal...