Word: mephistopheleans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Delhi Statesman headlined the shocking news that India's popular and able army chief of staff, General K. S. Thimayya, had handed in his resignation. The reason: months of incessant bickering, especially about promotions in the armed forces, between Thimayya and the civilian Minister of Defense, crotchety, Mephistophelean Krishna Menon...
...best acting jobs in that of Whitfield Connor playing Victor Milgrim, the Mephistophelean movie producer. Jason Robards Sr. gives an equally moving performance as Hallidy's benevolent publisher. This is the senior Robards' first appearance on the stage in nineteen years. The rest of the supporting roles are adequately handled, as is David Pressman's direction. The multi-purpose sets of Ben Edwards deserve special attention...
...London. Venice first-nighters could follow the plot with ease, even without much English. Young Tom Rakewell goes to London to spend his fortune with Mephistophelean Nick Shadow for a guide. For a year & a day, Shadow shows him a roaring good time with wine, women & song, then presents his bill...
...Indomitable in 1798, the year after the British mutiny at the Nore. Billy Budd is a handsome, blue-eyed, stammering young sailor who radiates innocence and good will, and is a favorite with the whole ship. The one exception is the master-at-arms, John Claggart, a figure of Mephistophelean evil, who, hating all goodness, cannot but hate Billy Budd and plot his destruction. He accuses Billy, in the presence of high-principled Captain Vere, of fomenting mutiny...