Word: ben
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ben Jonson may have been closer to the mark when he called it "a mouldy tale...
...moments, but too few. Well-known Cambridge storyteller Brother Blue, a great choice to play narrator John Gower, appeals well at first. Yet each time he comes on stage he affects the same position, demeanor, voice and gestures until his idiosyncrasies become grating and tiresome. Pericles, played by Ben Halley Jr. mimics a stiff operatic James Earl Jones, a stunning figure with fine diction, but his manner is too rigidly classical and neither dramatic nor human. Sandra Shipley as Thaisa plays her role with quiet understanding and control. With only a few lines, she surmounts Pericles as the family...
...Vendler Steven Nussbaum Toni TeaseDunster House: Jake Stevens Bentley TolkMichael Heller North House: North YardGary Ivens Catherina Celosse Bill BerkmanDebby Landau Paul Choi Baltasar D. CruzJ. Russell Schmeidel Roland Dunbrack Stephen DavisDavid Traum Dave Finn Susan HendricksonEliot House: Greg Lyss Julie SchragerJohn Coburn Quincy House: Southeast Yard:Tom Cronin Ben Broder Pam DoughmanFelicia Eckstein Ethan Cohon Buddy FletcherScott Falk Sarah Glimp Ki IngersolMichael Okwu Sesha Paratap Brian C. OffuttKirkland House: Warren Shlomchik Ray VasvariMark Eichorn Doug Winthrop Southwest Yard:Angela Ferry Paul BokotaAlison Harrington Maureen BroeMartin J.Herman Tara DealRebecca Rozen Mitchell Elkind Luke Fleckenstei
...Ben Kingsley is of another species altogether: the modern character actor. His best-known character is Gandhi, the film role that won him an Oscar this year; and to that role he brought a fierce stillness and a passion for moral serenity that approach star quality. But for most of his career Kingsley has been a supporting player of the highest distinction with Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company-a satellite. The character actor cannot simply put himself on display as a star can, assured that his radiance will attract every eye. He must be a wily mendicant...
...Anthony Hopkins in a 1979 Masterpiece Theater-have played Kean as a romantic hero. Kingsley's triumph is one of energy over inspiration. He seems not to realize that in a one-man show, the only person he can upstage is himself. One wants to say to him: Ben, you got the part. Relax a little, and be what you are: a splendid actor and a brand-new star. -By Richard Corliss