Word: martin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Directed by Nicholas Martin...
...interpretations are both valid. Is it a ghost story or a psychological drama? The Innocents, an adaptation of the story, is William Archibald's attempt at resolving the issue. Originally meant as a movie screenplay,The Innocents has landed in Currier House, adapted to the stage by director Nicholas Martin...
...flash of light, a loud noise, and a curious smell later, Dewitt found himself basking in the unearthly glow of Children of a Lesser God (Copley Place). William Hurt plays a sensitive teacher of deaf children who falls for the lovely yet defiant Marlee Martin. Filmed in the Maritime provinces of Canada, Children has a warm, picturesque look to it that goes perfectly with the touching tale of love's triumph over painful skin conditions--sorry, I mean deafness...
...Marlee Martin seems like the kind of girl you wanted to go out with in high school: short with a good body, and real quiet. But Hurt discovers the real truth--that she is a fireball of an individual who brandishes her deafness as a challenge to the rest of the world. Martin is actually deaf in real life, and to watch her develop an entire character without uttering a single word is truly amazing. It is also somewhat disheartening to think that she will probably never appear on film again...
...fellows for 1987-'88 will be: Elizabeth J. Bellamy, University of Alabama; Elisabeth Bronfen; University of Munich; Howard Brick, University of Chicago; Marcel Cornis-Pop, University of Northern Iowa; Robert O. Gjerdingen, Carelton College; Susan A. Keefe, Davidson College; Ellen F. Martin, Marymount Manhatten College; Carol J. Oja, Brooklyn College; Frederick S. Paxton, Connecticut College; Frances L. Restuccia, Boston College; Margaret Schabas, University of Colorado; Rhys F. Townsend, Clark University; Daniel Vickers, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Marc A. Weiner, Indiana University...