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Apart from its affectionate snapshots of theatrical mechanics, backstage bitchiness, superstitious rituals and votive dedication, The Dresser's compounded impact comes from its being a Lear within a Lear. Norman is Shakespeare's Fool as much as he is Sir's. The storm-ravaged heath is Britain under the lightning bolts of the Luftwaffe, and Sir's stunted wartime company resembles the decimated retinue of soldiery left to Lear's command. In his foray into town, shivering, soaked, his mind cast adrift from its moorings, Sir could be Lear's naked "unaccommodated man" shorn...
...often do you see women's teams show off? Not much. Mostly there tends to be too much passing. But in the UConn game, Debbie nutmegged a girl [passed it between her legs], made her look like a fool. Who would do that except a freshman? Personality-wise the freshmen are so powerful...
Imagine their plight in 20 years. A little kid jumps on his daddy's knee and asks, "What did you do in the big game, Daddy?" Daddy says, "I ran around behind a group of girls jumping up and down like an idiot and yelling my fool head...
About his semester off--which he spent in Cambridge working in the Widener microtext/government documents section--Whittington says, "I knew I was going to be here in the fall, definitely, for football. I would have been a fool not to come back in the fall, because, frankly, football has been the biggest and most satisfying thing here...
...beliefs about him. "You wretch! You don't know, but I'll tell you! That man has taken not a step that wasn't to help you, Biff. He slaved for 36 years so that you could be a success. And all you see is a bumbling phony old fool who talks to himself." Sally Chamberlain plays Linda with great energy, loyally protecting her husband, her heart torn over his failures because she sees he cannot accept them. The small Charles Playhouse lends itself nicely to these scenes, adding an uncomfortable intimacy to the family confrontations...