Word: foiling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...match began rather slowly for the Crimson as both the epee and saber teams were foiled in the opening round by the Technicians, losing their bouts 1-2. In the foil event, however, Harvard's All-American, captain Phillipe Bennett kept things close as he teamed up with freshman Eugene Vastola to outfence the traditionally fine MIT foil squad...
Nick Tepe took over the winning ways of John Chitman in the saber and Matt Simmons pulled out his bout in the epee. And while both John Majors and Vastola were victorious in their foil events, Bennett was caught on the defensive against his opponent and lost on running time...
...epee squad also pulled an about face with Simmons winning his second match and John Hirschfeld turning in a brilliant performance to outduel his man. Although only Bennett was able to out-slash his opponent in the third round foil bouts, the victory was in hand...
...Prince of Morocco (Curt Anderson), Salerio (John Sedgwick), Nerissa (Meg Vaillancourt), and Jessica (Andrea LaSonde) for their well-executed performances. Launcelot Gobbo (Kevin Grumbach) did some unexpectedly successful things with some of Shakespeare's least inspired clown material, and his father (Peter Frisch) served him as an effective foil. Lorenzo (Danny Snow) managed to project a kind of cortesia Castiglione would have recognized. The only serious miscasting was the Duke of Venice himself (David Garcia) who lacked the eloquence to make his magnanimity seem better than a sham. Graziano (Dan Riviera) left his role in a shambles, just a little...
ROGER O'BRIEN is miscast as Dick, the would-be stud who steals Kathy away from Bob. He should be a visual foil to Bob--both bigger and better looking, but though O'Brien speaks and moves smoothly, he doesn't have the physical presence to do justice to the part. In contrast, Tony Horowitz as Norman and Diane Sherlock as Shelley are marvelously convincing caricatures. Ethan Dmitrovsky plays Willis the landlord Archie Bunker-style; his dream monologue is the most haunting moment of the play...