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...direction make the pasteboard figures of the original Pericles into fuller, livelier characters. Pericles becomes almost a spoof as a paragon of nobility, rising early to practice his jousting while the other revelers of the night before stagger on stage with crushing hangovers. Dionyza's jealousy becomes a real facet of personality in the slinky character onstage, while in the original it is an awkward device to advance the plot. Sections of the new play are quite comic, but the heroes are never ludicrous. This is a difficult task for any company to accomplish, and the success of the Leob...
...split personality but both, simultaneously. The details which reveal Verdoux's character are not mere signposts, as in most films. Chaplin does not show us a man playing with a cat and then expect us to assume on that basis alone that the man has a redeeming facet. Instead, every detail--including the feeding of the cat, every vicious maneuver, every noble gesture, every sparkle in his eyes--contributes to the development of two sides of Verdoux which are present from the very first close...
...president Connie M. Cervilla '74 said yesterday that the housing proposal is just one facet of RUS's concern with the Harvard-Radcliffe relationship...
...American war stories and mistakes rarely have American settings. We cannot begin to understand what anguish means to the peasant whose life was ravaged in every facet by a defense of an indefensible regime...
LAST YEAR the greatest inconsistencies in Harvard's performance came in the kicking game. This Fall, since Restic has no new people to handle the job, he is devoting more practice time to improving this facet of the game. Bruce Tetirick handles the short field goals and conversions competently. But Tetirick has limited range, and last year missed some crucial extra points. McInally, who handles kickoffs and long field goals, has a strong leg but is inconsistent. He often booms kickoffs over the end zone only to squib on the next attempt. He needs consistency. PLACEKICKING looks FAIR...