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...actually plotted the revolt, but then had stood aside as it became evident that the uprising would fail. Communists nevertheless denied complicity in the affair. "It is clear that my party disapproves of the happenings as they turned out," said Communist Party Spokesman Carlos Brito-to hoots of laughter in the Assembly. Socialist Leader Mario Scares demanded that...
...directorial shortcoming that stems in part from the datedness of musical comedy conventions themselves is the roughness of transitions between comic and serious moments. An index of Cadiff's failure to effect these transitions is the laughter with which the audience greets the opening of "Ohio"--the sisters' supposedly poignant questioning of their wisdom in leaving home...
...poses which had no reference, as far as I could discover, to the part of Bolingbroke at any single point. I did not catch a glimpse of the character from one end of his performance to the other...Mr. Gillmore followed every sentence with a forced explosion of mirthless laughter, evidently believing that as Prince Hal was reputed to be a humorous character it was his business to laugh at him...Mr. Tree wants only one thing to make him an excellent Falstaff, and that is to get born over again as unlike himself as possible. No doubt...
...versatility necessary to make a revue of this sort work. All six have lovely voices and fine ears for comic nuance, but if anyone stands out among this talented group it is Sarah McCluskey, who has a sense of timing that can wring the maximum possible amount of laughter out of any joke...
Bailyn followed Ritcheson's lead and introduced his lecture with extended witticisms about Harvard's role in British-American relations. The predominantly British audience responded with polite laughter, straining to understand the humor...