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Word: contrivedã (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2007-2007
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...main challenge that Walker and the cast had to confront in their production was Grellong’s melodramatic script. The play’s complex intrigues come off as somewhat contrived??even though its story of publishing and plagiarism is not unfamiliar to Harvard—but the dialogue often rang even more false. Twice throughout the play, Elizabeth tried to win David to her side, telling him that unlike Chris, the two of them are “old inside.” Moments like this one, where the script was too self-consciously trying...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Acting Overcomes Weak Writing in ‘Manuscript’ | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

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