Word: dictional
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Without Wheeler's superb actions, the play's tone of voice would not, of course, have rung so clear. The Smiths and the Martins establish the overly articulated diction of the whole play, but the abyss of the inane is never fully plumbed until Paul B. Price enters as the Firechief. He has come to put out a fire and finds instead the girl (the maid) who first put out his fires. He stays to bore the company with astonishing narratives. Price delivers his monologues as a child would; his manner is everyman's who comes for fire and stays...
...agility and a good dagger-throwing arm, Mary saves her tiny "bay-bee" from a mountain waterfall, a grizzly bear, and the Oriental devil mentioned in the title. End of fun. Hubby (George Wallace) strands the company and deserts his wife and two kids. An English playwright of exquisite diction (Robin Bailey) begins wooing Mary, though his blood seems to be several degrees below room temperature. But she can't wash that ring-finger man right out of her hair, not just yet. Hubby has to burn a theater to a crisp and drunkenly clout his little daughter before...
...most dramatic points of the concert came in the "Dies irae." The chorus possessed excellent command of diction. They captured the tension of the great movement, bringing the audience to the climatic threshold which swells mightily and comes to an ahrupt stop. A simultaneous sigh from the audience was audible when the tension was released after the unfulfilled climax of the "Dies irae...
...younger age last summer in I Henry IV. Ray was better as Prince Hal, but I have seen many a worse Henry V. He looks right for Henry, but he does not (despite the use of a following spotlight) exhibit the dazzling aureole the part needs. His diction is clear and pleasant, but his voice is not always equal to the task given. Before the siege of Harfleur, his "Once more unto the breach" harangue does not ring as it ought; it is a clarinet instead of a clarion (but it is still an improvement over Laurence Harvey's weak...
...Lear's three daughters, Carrie Nye's Regan has strength and all the requisite viciousness. The other two are the chief disappointments in the cast. Rosemary Murphy looks hateful enough for the arch-villainous Goneril, but she lacks the requisite venom in her diction. Cordelia does not have many lines, but is a fully drawn character. As Anne Draper plays her, she emerges rather neutral. The role is pivotal for Cordelia represents the future ideal of love (as Edmund represents the primitive past and Lear the civilized present). This Cordelia does not emanate sufficient love...