Word: dauphinate
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Young Georges-Marie, 9, has, as his cousin Bienville tartly notes, "more names than Jehovah," among them Moumou, Puss and the Dauphin. This spectrally beautiful, thin, pale child speaks a bewildering mixture of French and "Ol' Kintuck," the hayseed dialect he absorbed during his brief exposure to Governor Davis' three strapping sons: "O, he jest being plain bad. O, il m'echappe toujours!" All the Sioux are holding their breath to see how George takes to Castleton. Armand reassures his brother-in-law: "The Dauphin has a truly terrifying sense of gratitude. You'll be annihilated by it, my poor...
...process. She rages: "You! You will drive me into the grave with those bones! It is ridiculous to be as thin as that! It is idiotic!" His frail physique does not prevent Mama from administering energetic corporal punishment. Castleton, who finds he cannot help loving the ridiculous Dauphin, grows increasingly alarmed: "Christ, she does wade into the poor little...
...back to the AST after a 26-year absence. While the historical Henry V ascended the throne at 26, Plummer is today roughly twice that age (51 or 53, depending on your source). It would be idle to expect him to recapture that youth for which the French dauphin insults Henry with a present of tennis balls. With more than a dozen important Shakespearean parts under his belt, not to mention other major classical roles. Plummer remains at the height of his phenomenal vocal control and gestic skill; so one is willing to overlook the discrepancy...
...King's advisers, suspecting foul play, defect to France before Hubert confesses to John that Arthur lives. When Arthur dies trying to escape, the nobles find his body outside the city gate and grow more incensed. The French invade England under the Dauphin's command, only to be beaten back. The nobles find it expedient to return to John's fold when they learn the Dauphin plans to kill them. By now the King is a broken man who dies of poison, the ever-loyal Phillip the Bastard by his side...
Chris Bentley, for example, as the Dauphin has an opportunity to enliven the after-intermission malaise. Unfortunately he races through his lines, stands motionless on the stage, or follows a carefully prescribed path, and punctuates his speeches with jerky and forced gestures...