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...Bennett standards, that's almost gaudy. In a British grammar school, perhaps 20 years ago, eight bright lads have passed their A-level exams and are now studying for tests that will determine which university they attend. Oxford or Cambridge would be lovely, the school's headmaster (Clive Merrison) believes. To help get his sixth-formers into one of the posh places, he hires Irwin (Stephen Campbell Moore), a clever young man just down from university, to help the boys impress their imminent inquisitors. Say the unexpected, he tells them; nurture the odd fact, such as that at the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One For The Books | 5/30/2004 | See Source »

...contrast to the Prince's decadence stands Dr. Willis, the commoner dispatched from Lincolnshire to cure the King. Clive Merrison does a good job of portraying Willis' frustration with and isolation from his aristocratic surroundings. (As the king is recovering, an appalled equerry asks Willis why he has George reading "King Lear" Willis replies tersely, "I didn't know what it was about") But Bennett has no intention of making Willis any more sympathetic than his aristocratic counterparts and Merrison aptly conveys Willis' despotic side...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: The Colonial Captures the Magic Of The Madness of George III | 11/11/1993 | See Source »

BILL McDonald will center McGILL's starting line with Captain Cam Dickison and Dan Doheny at wings. Ken Brands and Tim Dunn team on defense with Walter Johnson in goal Gorden young. Rowie Walker and Grant Merrison form the alternate of trio...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOCKEY TEAM READY FOR McGILL CONTEST | 1/5/1940 | See Source »

Among the patronesses are: Mrs. Kenneth B. Murdock, Mrs. Merle Fainsed, Mrs. Walter E. Houghton, Mrs. Francis W. MacVeagh, Mrs. Donald H. McLaughlin, Mrs. Perry Miller, Mrs. Theodore Merrison, Mrs. John D. Wild, and Mrs. Benjamin F. Wright...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leverett Dances to Tune of Francis Band This Evening | 3/22/1935 | See Source »

...stage management is in the hands of Frederic C. Bartter '35, assisted by Richard L. Heilman '35 and Fred B. Stevens '35, Walter E. Houghton, instructor in History and Literature. Theodore Merrison, instructor in English and Frederic B. Freeman 1G., are directing the production...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Virtue in Danger' Leverett House Annual Play, Exposes Society of William and Mary's England | 3/15/1935 | See Source »

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