Word: gwndolen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bronfen as Cecily simply lacks the control to make of the country ingenue a polished caricature. Her emotional range is too limited, and some of her expressions--like the look of disgust she shoots the men at end of Act II--are absurdly out of character. The humor in Gwndolen's role should stem from her delivery of hard-hearted lines with disarming sweetness. Brooks Clapp totally misinterprets the part, however; icily indifferent, she walks about stiffly with her nose in the air, as though she'd just been starched...
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