Word: braveman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...extraordinary ability to work out an effective staging on the theatre's tiny stage. And this time his work is complicated by the fact that the play includes nearly forty speaking parts. A large percentage of the roles is filled by capable actors. While the play permits, Sarah Braveman gives a fine, robust performance as Margery. The most notable of the supporting players include Michael Linenthall as a condescending priest, Robert Handy as a bishop and a timorous knight, and Lew Petterson as a loud-mouthed citizen. Jack Rogers, who plays Margery's husband, shows flashes of ability...
...generally plodding interpretation, without verve or vigor. In terms of the play this is precisely the wanted effect, and this same interpretation is perfect, meshing with the ex-mistress' calculating shrewdness, when the two finally meet. Phoebe, the symbol of fame's temptation, is admirably played by Sarah Braveman. Her Tallulah Bankhead reading of the part manages to suggest both the grossness and warmth of her character...
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