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...will come as no surprise to his fans. This most ingenious of plotters loves playing with ideas of how a story should go - 1982's Intimate Exchanges famously explored a multitude of different endings. And some trickery is afoot in Damsels (directed by the author). In play No. 1, GamePlan, a disturbing drama of teenage prostitution turns into a hide-the-corpse farce; in play No. 2, FlatSpin, a lonely-gal romance becomes a spy thriller; and in RolePlay a meet-the-parents dinner comedy morphs into a piercing study of social class...
...Obvious Rule No. 1" Ayckbourn admonishes: "Never look down on comedy or regard it as the poor cousin of drama." Both GamePlan and RolePlay make this case to devastating effect. In the first, a 16-year-old's determination to raise funds through prostitution is made more harrowing by the sight of her tearfully shy friend dressed as a brothel maid. Her exaggerated make-up and outfit provoke laughter - and unease...
Tomorrow, the Crimson will take on a Princeton team that must regroup after Tuesday’s effort. Princeton unraveled against Penn, especially in the second half when it departed from its gameplan and attempted only three shots from inside the arc. The Tigers are already a loss behing Yale in the conference standings and can ill-afford to extend their two-game losing streak...
After the game, Fried credited his two forced fumbles to the overall defensive gameplan...
...didn't come up here for a moral victory,"Cowboys coach Bob Simmons said. "We had a goodgame plan and we though we could execute the gameplan. We came up here...