Word: casted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...absolutely the most central and important thing I do. I don't know why I love directing--it's like saying, 'Why do you love this person?' It's multifarious, intellectual and personal." Or at least it is when Havergal directs. And exuberant, theatrical and infectious, according to the cast that has worked with him for the last two months on the Loeb Mainstage production of Beaumarchais' Figaro...
This approach bothered several members of the cast, who described the evening as "excruciating." He simply said to the people he didn't cast, 'I won't be needing you,' which is a lot tougher to take than not seeing your name on a list," Amy Aquino '79, who plays a leading role in the production says, adding, "I felt bad about it for a while." Unlike most Harvard productions, where auditions are individual and private, Havergal chose to let everyone perform in front of everyone else. "It was in a lit house where everybody wanted you to fail because...
...some people might be upset by it," concedes Havergal, "but I wanted it to be an educational thing, where everyone could see just how you do cast, so you can see what a quirky, individual thing it is. Each person was making up his own mind along with me about what was best. I think casting should be done very openly--except of course for my private conversation with George while watching, things like 'he's not very good;' that shouldn't be open. Often an actor has the feeling that 'oh, he's better than I am,' and here...
...particularly fun watching Giles deal with new American expressions or traditions," Zito says, adding, "Nothing fazes him except eating a double hamburger with your hands." Zito relates an "amusing" story about the time Havergal watched some members of the cast dribble ketchup over themselves. You had to be there...
...talkies. This film is a stellar example (oops) of great acting rescuing an otherwise mawkish plot. Bogie crystallizes his persona in "Casablanca" as Rick, the disillusioned, cynical tavern-keeper. Ingrid Bergman was never more beautiful, and Claude Rains, the aforementioned Lorre, and Dooley Wilson head a marvelous cast. Really great films can be rated by how many times one can sit through them and truly enjoy the experience. Although "Casablanca" has become somewhat overworked as everybody's "favorite," it's still worth seeing at least four times (more for the really hard core...