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...most despicable (and most entertaining) characters in the play are La Marquise de Merteuil (Lucia Brawley '99) and Le Vicomte de Valmont (Bryan Leach '00). These two connivers, who are obviously meant for each other, spend much of the show trading quips. Their relationship is based on a twisted love: rather than acting on their mutual feelings, they compete against each other. Merteuil and Valmont make a wager that involves deceiving and seducing most of the other members of the cast. The problem is that they cannot avoid becoming entangled in their own web, and their game becomes dangerous...
...Leach gives an effective performance as the dastardly Valmont. Remarkably, for much of the play there is something likable, and even enviable, about his character. Brawley is also well cast as La Marquise de Mertueil, displaying her character's sinful grace as well as the heartache that has made her so hardened. The scenes with Leach and Brawley, filled with snappy retorts and romantic tensions, are especially entertaining. The rest of the cast members fill their niches well, with Anna Lewis and Vanessa Reisen giving standout performances in smaller roles...
BORN: Oct. 15, 1942, Davenport EDUCATION: Princeton U, B.A., 1964; Johns Hopkins U, M.A., 1966 FAMILY: Wife, Elisabeth Foxley-Leach; two children RELIGION: Episcopalian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Propane-gas-company executive; foreign-service officer POLITICAL CAREER: Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1974; U.S. House, 1976- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1088, Bettendorf...
...years in the House, Leach has made a name for himself as a savvy moderate who has gained considerable influence as chair of the Banking and Financial Services Committee, from where he directed an energetic pursuit of the Whitewater scandal. After winning his last two elections by a wide margin, Leach makes for a formidable incumbent...
...Rush, a former civil-rights lawyer who helped defend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 before the Supreme Court, might have a chance in this race. In fact, in the past two presidential elections, his district voted for Dukakis and Clinton. Unfortunately for Rush, however, his opponent is Jim Leach...