Word: cleverer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...home. For primitive man needs praise as much as the urban intellectual. Sam's priceless reward was seeing the revulsion in a native woman's face at sight of him change to admiration when she saw his carvings. To Bachelor Sam she whispered: "Ah, but you are clever...
...girl's a clever one, and gay, I plan for her to marry well...
Anthony Quinn, a bank teller who has lost his memory, has it jogged by the police, who want him to remember that he has robbed the bank and killed a man. Quinn, clever enough to know where memories are likely to get lost, sets out on an intimate rummage through the bedroom of every pretty girl he wishes he remembered...
...merely drinking wine did not make a dent in the surplus, Dillon could run wine in its showers, and the Department of Buildings and Grounds could spray the shrubs with rich, red, life-giving fluid. Naturally, late working students would burn the midnight wine, and clever students would lever be devising new means to use up the surplus...
Though their parts afford less opportunity for satire, William White as the rival poet, and Sara-Jane Smith, as the milk-maid Patience, add some clever acting to the production. Along with excellent leads, Patience is served by a chorus of British soldiers and love-sick maidens who enthusiastically catch the G & S flavor. Adele Hugo's choreography and the direction of John Benedict keeps this cast moving through well-timed routines. In the past, disappointing performances have made the Winthrop opera a risky luxury for Gilbert and Sullivan fans. This year, Patience is a necessity...