Word: contrivedness
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Playwright Shaffer can write sharp dialogue that is also characterizing, can cunningly create atmosphere and tension. This, linked to a vivid production, makes for a generally good evening that at its best is engrossing. The play has its contrived moments and false notes, and the German-however well played by...
J. Wesley Zeigler's direction is often contrived. Most of his characters, when they deliver long speeches, pace up and down the stage, following practically the same pattern. And the play is considerably dulled by Ziegler's fascination with the fjords (which look very much like the Swiss Alps.) In...
This kind of past double relationship might explain why Leftist Mitterrand and avowed Rightist Pesquet got together again. But for what purpose? Neither man's explanation entirely satisfied. Without offering any proof, Parisian newsmen contrived a more devious explanation: that Leftist Mitterrand and Rightist Pesquet. equally eager to discredit...
If fault is to be found, it lies in the rather contrived climax. But even this mars Mon Petit only superficially.
At week's end Hoyte's progress corresponded roughly to Hannibal's timetable, but the toughest part was yet to come. At the Clapier pass itself, the path is in some places less than 6 ft. wide, bounded by rising cliffs on one side, sheer 1,000...