Word: gobbo
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...made to feel that they are men of higher moral value than Shylock the play is a heap of incoherence. I would also single out the 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...
...turned to my wife and told her, This guy I don't even know is swearing at me because I won't do Shakespeare.' " But Shakespeare he did, later joining the National Theater, where he has played Lancelot Gobbo in Sir Laurence Olivier's revival of The Merchant of Venice, in The Captain of Kopenick with Paul Scofield and the lead in Peter Nichols' The National Health...
Munro praised LaCivita for his passing, defense and "110 per cent" hustle. LaCivita did it all in his last game, despite playing while injured: cornerkicking, throwing in, and applying defensive pressure at the midfield to break up Yale's attack before it reached the 50-yard line, Mario Gobbo and Tony Van Neil both saw limited action due to injuries and LaCivita was forced to pick up much of the slack...
Fearnett created a scoring opportunity when he shot a nice cross-pass which Crimson forward Mario Gobbo headed out over the horizontal goal post...
When questioned about Harvard's impotent offense, Monro asked, "What offense?" The four goal outburst against Dartmouth by Rick LaCivita, Mario Gobbo and John Littlefield doubled Harvard's goal production for the year...