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...Fanny, she seems initially Like a snobbish and slightly silly guardian of the Brahmins' unalterable law of proprieties. But as the play progresses, she begins to reveal a zany comic sense and something more: the courage to carry out the marriage vows in adversity. Frances Conroy's Mags is quite touching as she seeks a parental benison on her vocation. None of the performances could be bettered. Seldes and Moffat may never have given more emotionally charged and exquisitely crafted performances in their long-spanned careers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Singing the Brahmin Blues | 2/21/1983 | See Source »

...mocks all social codes as shams that bind the will. When he steals Dona Elvira (Frances Conroy) from the convent to be his wife and then abandons her, he mocks vows made to God and to fidelity. He protests undying love and proffers marriage to two peasant girls (Kristine Nielsen and Hillary Bailey) merely as bait for the gullible. He mocks his fellow aristocrats by tripping them up in the niceties of codes of honor, and his aged father (John E. Straub) by an icy disdain for filial piety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Bold Hand at the Guthrie's Helm | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

...position. Francis has played admirably, but Czinger might prove too tough. The absence of Yale's leading tackler, linebacker Jeff Roher, who broke an ankle two7CrimsonNevin I. ShalitHarvard captain and defensive tackle CHUCK DURST [72] and middle guard TONY FINAN [95] converge on Columbia quarterback BOB CONROY in Harvard's 26-6 opening day victory...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: The Season Begins and Ends Today | 11/22/1980 | See Source »

...Alan J. Dixon David O'Neal Indiana 13 Birch Bayh Dan Quayle John Hillenbrand Bob Orr Iowa 8 John Culver Charles Grassley Kansas 7 John Simpson Robert Dole Kentucky 9 Wendell Ford Mary Louise Foust Louisiana 10 Russell Long (re-elected in "open" primary) Maine 4 Maryland 10 Edward Conroy Charies McC. Mathias Massachusetts 14 Michigan 21 Minnesota 10 Mississippi 7 Missouri 12 Thomas Eagleton Gene McNary Joseph P. Teasdale Christopher Bond Montana 4 Ted Schwinden Jack Ramirez Nebraska 5 Nevada 3 Mary Gojack Paul Laxalt New Hampshire 4 John Durkin Warren Rudman Hugh Gallen Meldrim Thomson New Jersey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1980 Election Scorecard | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

starring Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe, Lisa Jane Persky, and Stan Shaw; based on the novel by Pat Conroy; written and directed by Lewis John Carlino...

Author: By Sol LOUIS Siegel, | Title: ON SCREEN | 10/16/1980 | See Source »

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