Word: laoco
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...statuary can denote drama, Long Day's Journey may be the Laocoön of plays-a doomed family tragically locked in the serpentine coils of the past. The play seems to grow with each revival, and the present National Theater production is the best ever. Witnessing an Olivier undertake a great role by a great dramatist is like watching a god serve a god. One also watches how an incomparable actor shifts his centers of strength. This time, Olivier's eyes seem dominant-wide, melancholy pools of bruised wisdom, anvils sparked with anger, slits of caustic contempt...