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Absence of a Cello, by Ira Wallach, is an amusing, though not wildly amusing, farce based on the proposition that the corporate image is a fright mask and that any man who puts it on won't recognize himself any more...
World War I, MacArthur always went "over the top" with his men, was twice wounded and gassed (he refused to go armed or wear a gas mask...
...tons of water a day from nearby rivers, expects the first to be finished next week. Meantime, Japanese Self-Defense Force planes carrying dry ice and water have pounced on every passing cloud, and on the shores of the Ogochi reservoir, a Shinto priest in the mask of a scarlet lion writhed through a ceremonial rain dance. Townsmen were warned not to expect miracles. "It will take two days for the message to get through to the dragon god," the priest explained...
MacLean's Bolingbroke never smiles, and he never looks worried--even when he talks of his "unthrifty son." There must be some reason for Bolingbroke's solemnity, but MacLean never lets the audience know why he plays from behind a mask...
Lynn Milgrim (Clytemnestra), on the other hand, did not perfect nearly so interesting a pose and had to settle for a mask of hauteur. The chorus was innocuous, which is something, and the play is short...