Word: convey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although it failed to convey a rather ambitious religious message because of the weakness of these performances, the play was saved as a piece of theatre by Gregory's witty dialogue and a series of excellent characterizations. Pippa Scott, Dean Gitter, and Courtlandt Gilmour spoke their lines with obvious relish and enthusiasm. Miss Scott's delivery as the Mother was delightful, and Gitter did especially well in the role of a businessman. Gilmour handled his part with suitable levity...
...play is like the short story. Each form, because it is brief, can convey tremendous intensity, yet this same brevity only allows an author to hint at a theme. Seldom has he time to develop an idea into more than a mere skeleton. For this reason, both forms often lead to triteness or to a vagueness that goes nowhere...
Though there were no surprises in his work, all Gonzalez' canvases, whether they dealt with desolation or delight, showed a firm mastery of technique and an ability to convey idea and emotion. Wrote the critic of the Cleveland Press: "Gonzalez' effortless versatility is incredible. He can do anything and do it well . . . He is a genius who will try anything-as long as it has been tried before...
Like many of Fitzgerald's collegiate characters, Steve Burnett, the hero of Senior Spring, ranges from boorishness to sophistication. But author Lumbard fails to justify Burentt's varying attitudes. If Lumbard meant to convey the restlessness of the period, he is not consistent in that attempt, and if he meant to give him any outstanding quality, it is lost in a maze of contradiction. Only with Cassy Kane does he achieve any greatness as a character. In a love affair marred by the shadow of a past abortion, and the grim truth of a present one, there is still...
...individual interpretation. A slight tendency to overact can damage the effect produced by the play. For this reason, the part of Becket, the only major role, is unique. The impressive, moving lines go not to the principal but to the chorus. Yet the actor in the lead must convey all the agony and beauty that comes with martyrdom...