Word: corns
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...CORN IS GREEN, Produced by Ethan Katz '00 Oct. 22 - 31 Aggasiz Theater...
After a two-year hiatus, the Harvard College Freshman Theater Program is back with a new production of Emlyn Williams' The Corn is Green, a tale of a Welsh coal-mining town in the late 1800s. Although the story takes place in the nineteenth century, some of its main themes, such as class struggle, the plight of rural education and the role of women in a male-dominated world, are still quite relevant. At the center of the play is a young Welsh coal miner, Morgan Evans (Mwashuma Kamata Nyatta), who is taken under the wing of the local teacher...
...Corn is Green owes most of its success to its altogether excellent cast. Ms. Peabody, a Harvard alumnae and star of stage and screen from the Boston area, has appeared in films such as The Crucible, Amistad, The Proposition and Mermaids and in theater productions including The Widow's Blind Date, Park Your Car in Harvard Yard, and The Primary English Class. Peabody was able to portray Miss Moffat's struggles and hopes with incredible passion and strength, yet managed not to overshadow the freshman cast or dominate the play completely. Her depiction of Miss Moffat was perfect--like most...
...vengeful, immoral harlot, a woman who was not weak, as the audience originally was led to believe, but rather, one of the most powerful characters in the play. After a suspenseful build-up, the clash between Bessie and Miss Moffat finally explodes at the end of The Corn is Green, making the somewhat surprise ending distressing, yet hopeful...
...world of Dena Nordstrom, a glamorous TV newswoman, people come in two varieties: corn pone and ruthless shark. The former populate the safe, static Missouri town of Dena's early youth, and the latter stalk the corridors of Manhattan, where career-obsessed Dena collapses from stress. She's forced finally to confront the hole at the middle of her existence: the unexplained disappearance of her mother when Dena was just 15. As the narrative shifts in time and place to unravel the mystery, the action is as shamelessly unsubtle as the characters are cliched. That said, this third novel from...