Word: characterized
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In terms of character, however, Shakespeare's interest--and ours--centers on Richard himself, who emerges as a portrait of fantastic subtlety and complexity. Richard is bright, sensitive, and articulate; he is also prodigal, self-indulgent, and histrionic. The actual coronation of the historical Richard was unprecedented in pomp and...
The vital role of Bolingbroke is in the hands of another Festival newcomer, Charles Cioffi. Though I saw Madden's Hamlet, I've never seen Cioffi before. It is a pleasure to report that he is properly robust, appropriately broadshouldered, and possessed of a splendidly trained voice. He delivers the...
Cioffi's performance compares favorably with the fine one given by Philip Bosco in the Festival's 1962 production of the play. It is not Cioffi's fault that the balance between Richard and Bolingbroke is upset, and that aspects of the latter's character are missing; for director Kahn...
As a superb politician, De Gaulle formulated the strategy that he thought would win-and it did. He sought to polarize the French electorate, forcing the moderate voters away from the left and into the Gaullist ranks. Toward that end, the Gaullists capitalized on the average Frenchman's fear...
For Weiss first paints himself as a dreamy artist in a Germanic society of burghers. His Jewish-born father is a plodding textile-mill owner; his mother is a driving Hausfrau-a stern and pious character preaching joylessly that "Life means working, working, and then more working." Young Peter flees...