Word: maids
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...serviceable dialogue suits the guileless, understated performances of his principals, Linda Lawson and Dennis Hopper. They are deftly typecast. As the sailor, Hopper talks about Denver, but his Attic profile might have been minted in ancient Greece. And Actress Lawson lushly incarnates the myth of mariner and maid that has haunted men's imaginations for more than 2,000 years...
...only thing impressive about Nobody Loves an Albatross is Preston's acting. The audience knows he's unscrupulous, but loves him anyway. Surrounded by stock characters--a saucy maid, a smart little daughter, a nervous young writer, and a stacked secretary--he keeps Act I from collapsing altogether by the sheer force of his personality. The act is little more than a prolonged series of semi-funny jokes; for example: "Go play with your dolls like I told you--sticking the long pins into Mr. Whitman." Multiply this by 500 and you get an idea of what Preston salvaged...
Bored by Jeanne's affection, Julien enlists the sensual services of a household maid. Jeanne, blandly innocent, forgives this transgression and more that follow it. But the marriage is hopeless. Put in motion by the pathetic mismatch between Jeanne and Julien, the relentless tragedy moves deeper and deeper into gloom, until it is both capped and cut short by a violent climax...
...imported at the Virgins' low 6% tariff rate. Other companies process shoelaces, textiles, pens and medical thermometers. Old-line sugar planters complain that they can no longer get cane cutters at 600 an hour while the new factories pay $1.15, and housewives cry that the monthly cost of maid service has inflated from...
...rung so clear. The Smiths and the Martins establish the overly articulated diction of the whole play, but the abyss of the inane is never fully plumbed until Paul B. Price enters as the Firechief. He has come to put out a fire and finds instead the girl (the maid) who first put out his fires. He stays to bore the company with astonishing narratives. Price delivers his monologues as a child would; his manner is everyman's who comes for fire and stays to bore...