Word: foil
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Afraid of Virginia Woolf? By Edward Albee. Presented by the Cambridge Theatre Company, this dazzling comedy presents one of the most memorable of married couples in a searing night of dangerous fun and games with their two guests, Nick and Honey, who innocently become their foil. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 8 p.m. 29 October Friday...
...Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ByEdward Albee. Presented by the Cambridge TheatreCompany, this dazzling comedy presents one of themost memorable of married couples in a searingnight of dangerous fun and games with their twoguests, Nick and Honey, who innocently becometheir foil. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 8 p.m.30 October Saturday
...Ulster peace feelers notwithstanding, the City of London has devised a plan to foil I.R.A. terrorists, who have made the financial center a favorite target. Beginning immmediately, British Telecommunications expects to rent some 5,000 pocket pagers to braodcast police bomb alerts. The beeper units, which have a small screen display to give the location of a suspected explosive, will cost about $37.50 quarterly...
...Peter Sellars, who adopts the multiple personas of the playright Clare Quilty, serves as the foil and conscience to Humbert. The very fact that Humbert is wholly unaware of Quilty's strange reappearances and sinister ways adds comic touches to the film and signifies his total unconsciousness of the gravity of the situation in which he is immersed...
Meanwhile, Culkin himself acts precociously. He realizes that casual deadpan in a ten-year-old looks far more sinister than sidelong glances and wicked cackles, and so plays it straight. Culkin's calm in turn forms the perfect foil to the frenzied indignation of Wood, his fearless adversary. Splattered with tomato juice, frenetically pumping squash down the disposal, Wood manages to look far more twisted and dangerous than Culkin ever does. The dynamic of this role-reversal, excellently acted by both Wood and Culkin, generates all the tension in the film. The pair carries the production; all other players...