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...problem in George Hamlin's current production is that the comic scenes, marked by both bravura acting and a careful attention to detail, come to represent "all the world," while the court scenes, marked by all too pregnant pregnant pauses and constant upstaging, represent nothing so much as the players' own simple-minded political maneuvers. Through this serious chink in the production's armor, one can glimpse the basic weakness of the play; in this dramatic as in the political world position triumphs over character...
...bravura of such statements must be weighed against Sexton's desperate reliance on family, friends and Pharmaceuticals. Her need for love and reassurance was inexhaustible. "I want everyone to hold up large signs saying YOU'RE A GOOD GIRL," she confesses to Poet W.D. Snodgrass, the "Snodsy" of dozens of mash notes. Sexton could not settle for having ordinary pen pals. Her correspondents were her audience, confessors, advisers and advisees. Editors Linda Gray Sexton, the poet's elder daughter, and Lois Ames, a close friend and estate-designated biographer, make it quite clear that...
This provides Bancroft with a suitable I climax for a brave, bravura performance. Lined in the face, skinny to the point of emaciation, febrile in manner, she tiers the definitive portrayal of an aging star. MacLaine matches her in their big scene, but is perhaps too conscious of her nice-girl screen image in the rest of the picture. She is entitled to more desperation than she is willing to show...
...three dance movements that followed were less satisfactory. There was still vigor and clarity (the lacy harpsichord was an especially fine touch), but Wilkins never permitted the orchestra to flaunt the music's bravura potential. Unfortunately, his thoughtful, courteous reading blunted the brilliance, the hard edges, of a work which should above all be diamond-hard and sparkling...
Last week's bravura performance by Lance took some of the political pressure off Carter. By neatly disposing of several of the charges against him and making others appear more complex and murky than his accusers had suggested, Lance showed that a reasonable man-like Carter-might not be sure of what, if anything, he had done wrong. But for a President who sets such high standards for morality and frugality, who insists that members of his Administration must be above suspicion, that seemed hardly enough...