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Word: dikeman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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This entertaining tale is embedded in a rather stylized theatrical framework. The Leading Player (Rich Dikeman), somewhere between Brecht/Weill's Streetsinger and Family Feud's Richard Dawson in character, acts as both cynical observer and cheerful encourager, alternately telling the story and creating it. Accompanied by an amorphously mobile chorus, the Players, he is constantly on hand to remind the audience--and the other characters--that it's all just magic and illusion...

Author: By Jean-christophe Castelli, | Title: Holy Roman Angst | 11/11/1982 | See Source »

...whole rape scene provides the scene for some light comic interplay. A rather sardonic but winning El Gallo (Rich Dikeman) steps forwards to stage the event, for a price. Enlisting a pair of dubious Shakespearian actors, who have their moments in a rather absurd subplot. El Gallo pulls off what he calls a "first-class rape...

Author: By Adam S. Cohen, | Title: Parodying Romance | 3/17/1982 | See Source »

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