Word: caste
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...after they are made scapegoats for a French military defeat. He's up against a snooty general (George MacReady) worried about preserving his good name, a prosecuting attorney (Richard Anderson) who actually raises a pointed finger to the heavens and shouts. "Find the accused guilty!" and a cast of sycophantic French civil servants. Douglas and most of the other actors have chosen to go for the grim, I'm-so-shaken-by-the-horrors-of-war-that-I-speak-in-a-monotone-without-any-facial-expressions effect. At first, this is somewhat compelling, but after an hour and a half...
...their 147th production, the Theatricals have chosen Baskin and Cooper's A Tsar is Born, a romantic farce set in the 19th century all-male town of Undergrad. The show will be cast in December and is scheduled to open in February for a four-week...
...show, an all-male Pudding cast will play the villagers as well as the all-female troops who invade the town. "The characters really need love and companionship," said Theatricals President John S. Berman...
Colin Graham's production, which will be telecast nationally over PBS on Oct. 17, is simple but handsome, relying on mirrors and projections to make its effects. Notable performances by the mostly American cast include Renee Fleming's poignant Tourvel, Mary Mills' tender Cecile (the 15-year-old girl "ruined" by Valmont's depredations) and Johanna Meier's stately Madame de Rosemonde, Valmont's doting aunt. In the pit, Scottish-born Donald Runnicles leads with authority...
...Larsen Hall, the precinct for students living in the Yard, election workers reported that only nine out of 149 possible voters had cast ballots...