Word: hectored
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...more common fare, which normally consists of “three acts, slamming doors, going up and down staircases, [and] people being caught in places they aren’t supposed to be.”The two translations of Feydeau’s title evoke the tensions surrounding Hector Ennepeque, Feydeau’s semi-autobiographical main character, as he waits for his wife Léonie to give birth. His anxiety is exacerbated by snobby in-laws and a domineering midwife. Though the character of the midwife was a pushy Frenchwoman in the Feydeau original, Shapiro?...
...rips this mystery wide-open with a witty, yet tense, tale of eight English schoolboys as they prepare for their college entrance exams. As “Oxbridge candidates,” they must face the reality of adulthood, while their flavorful, poetical English professor Mr. Hector fights to protect the boys’ playful youth.Ostensibly, Hector (Ilan J. Caplan ’10) parallels the Mr. Keating of “The Dead Poet’s Society.” But while Keating only provides literature, Hector offers illicit sexual encounters. His inability to distance himself emotionally enables...
...people do to not disappear,” she says.In this attempt to make history, the characters of the play go through a multitude of formative experiences. The tension between Irwin’s new methods of teaching and the more idealistic notions about education of his older counterpart, Hector, provide the backbone of the show. However, the play holds back from judging exactly which is correct, particularly as both characters are so flawed.Ilan J. Caplan ’10, who plays Hector, sees his character as one that is respected by many in the play...
...whole seemed weaker than the sum of its parts. After a wavering start, the evening picked up with Aaron Copland’s jazzy “Clarinet Concerto,” played by Andrew P. Lowy ’09, and concluded with a sparkling performance of Hector Berlioz’s classic masterpiece “Symphony Fantastique.”The performance of the opening piece, George Enescu’s “Romanian Rhapsody”—composed in 1901, when he was only 19-years-old—exuded the propulsion...
...Like Obama, Hector never really knew his father, a Cuban-born radiologist who died when Hector was a toddler. Raised by his mother, a nurse, Hector says he also feels close to his grandmother, who is in her 80s and still lives in Havana. But the tighter Cuba travel restrictions that President Bush imposed in 2004 means Hector can't visit his abuela as much as he used to - and he's voting for Obama in part because the Illinois Senator has promised to revoke the travel rules. "I've been thinking about that a lot since I heard Obama...