Word: burtons
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...innocence and bewilderment of Wendla is played out strongly by Jennifer Burton. She effectively rouses sympathy for Melchior and the adults' abuse through her almost pathetic naivete. Rossman strongly evokes the intellectual maturity and instinctive sexuality which characterize Melchior. Forced to witnes the suffering of his friends, condemned by his parents, he experiences painful feelings of guilt and self-hatred. Rossman makes Melchior one of the most human characters of the play giving genuine expression to the frustration, anguish and loneliness of his character. Also notable is Paul Martignetti (Hans Rilow), who performs one of the most difficult episodes...
Getting ahold of Burton S. Dreben '49 is like playing a shell game...
Most of the other characters--a brightly-dressed flutter of engaged, soon-to-be-engaged, and married couples--alternate between stiffness and competence, depending on how much artificial language their characters spew out. The ones intended to be irritating (Curt Raffi and Jennifer Burton) achieve a bit more success in such instances than the ones who are merely sweet (David Angel and Laurence Bouvard), but this, too, is only partly blameable on the actors. Children in bright dresses, tuneful incidental music by Brooks Whitehouse, and lederhosen all around contribute to the impression of a light and pleasant entertainment, the "comedy...
...John can put together coalitions with a lot of different voices in them," says Burton Whides '62, counsel to Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.). "He's respected by a broad spectrum of senators...
Least Enchanted Ten Weeks: The Broadway revival of Private Lives, in which Resistible Force Richard Burton met Immovable Object Elizabeth Taylor, and the play sank in a wave of critical catcalls...