Word: casts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Scott is so good an actor that he can almost get away with this, but his approach seems to have infected a great part of the cast, and they cannot. Earle Edgerton and Lucienne Schupf, playing Cornwall and Regan, delivered even the most trivial lines with appalling vehemence. John Baker's Edgar suffered from the same virus--although he was excellent in the Poor Tom scenes--while Gerald Medearis' performance of Edmund was in the best tradition of Errol Flynn...
Although director Stephen Randall would have done well to have reined in the louder-voiced members of his cast, his blocking was superb throughout. While most undergraduate directors can be said to have done well if they have kept their players off each other's toes, Randall continually enhances the meaning of what is said through his manipulations of the mute actors. Furthermore, he managed to keep his cast from wandering at random when they have nothing better to do, and this gives his production a real beauty never seen on this side of the Charles...
...Sodality used much of its time to practice for Exhibition Day, occurring in the spring and fall, which the President, faculty, and students attended. Since the Sodality's appearance was considered a special occasion, pre-concert jitters were the rule. "How many were disappointed when they cast their eyes over the bill of fare and saw a blank where they are wont to see "Music by the Pierian Sodality." Sometimes the Pierians were so busy bracing themselves with a bumper that they almost missed the exercises, or arrived too breathless to play...
Quayle's acting of Moses is powerful; were the role fuller his portrayal might be grandiose. Michael Strong, as Moses' brother Aaron, is remarkably bad; and Roddy McDowall, who is leaving the cast, was at best indifferent as Rameses...
...finally cast against him by I. G. Farben itself. At the last minute Bill tries to diversify. He fills an order for 43 plastic bathtubs made out of Volupton ("It feels like folks") for an Indian ma-harajah's palace. Poor Bill's maharajah turns out to be a telephone-booth Indian who suddenly folds his palace and silently steals away. On little elephant feet, an unfunny love interest clomps its way through the otherwise funny book. And occasionally, 37-year-old Author Grisman lets overwriting interfere with the reading. At his best, Grisman neatly catches the self...