Word: maddens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...these names now that of Donald Madden, to whom the American Shakespeare Festival has entrusted the part in its opening production of the season. Like half of the troupe this year, Madden is a newcomer to the Festival; and his debut performance here is utterly fascinating every moment he is on stage--and this despite my feeling that he has been essentially misguided by director Michael Kahn in much of the play...
...fault the stunning effect of Madden's first entrance. In the throne room the courtiers have gathered, all garbed in Ray Diffen's dark colors. Into this assembly descends the King via a steep stage-right staircase. He has long blond hair, a blond beard, and is dressed entirely in blinding white, with silver R's embroidered on his cape. To top it off, inside the gold crown on his head he holds a white kitten...
Once on the throne, while the "wrath-kindled" Bolingbroke and Mowbray hurl their serious charges and countercharges, Richard, slouching with one leg over the throne arm, sensuously and languidly caresses the kitten in his lap. Though the two opposing dukes have most of the lines in this scene. Madden visually tells us more about Richard than could a hundred lines...
...Bull). Also expected is a millionaire art fancier with a notorious avidity for avant-garde junk. To impress the guests, Crawford and Redgrave have carted off the sculptor's jackdaw furniture and replaced it with elegant antiques "borrowed" from the neighboring apartment of an exquisitely gay bachelor (Donald Madden) supposedly away for the weekend...
...Dowling took the wind out of Harvard's sails immediately. He retreated to his 25-yard line on the first play after the kick-off and fired a pass that Bernie Madden caught on the run at the Harvard 30. The tail end zipped past two defensive backs for a 68 yard touchdown and the game was all but over...