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...Koch minces and skips his way effectively through such numbers as "If You Want a Receipt," proving himself worthy as Gilbert's "ultra poetical, super aesthetical, out-of-the-way young man." Miss Frothingham, as the imposing spinster, Lady Jane, combines husky voice and long arms in an admirable mimic of the decaying but determined old maid...

Author: By Dennis E. Brown, | Title: Patience | 5/6/1954 | See Source »

...plays that are either new, or outside of the much done realistic tradition, the whole company is forced to create rather than mimic. If Harvard becomes known for a theatre atmosphere that demands initiative and creative ability it will sooner become respected than groups that continue to turn out replicas of Broadway...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: The Play's The Thing | 12/11/1953 | See Source »

Anna Russell and Her Little Show was built around an English mimic of various styles of singing and pianoplaying. Diligent, perceptive, unfunny, Actress Russell was like a perfume that had every merit except fragrance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Broadway Blunders | 9/28/1953 | See Source »

...bills, spilled coins, dropped when he returned from his walk, strew the table at his side. His eyes light up - he has decided to needle one of those present. His tongue is sharp and witty, and he talks fast, sometimes out of the side of his mouth, with a mimic's art and the insistence of a barker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONALITY: Education, Nov. 3, 1952 | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

When he used to mimic Harold Ross, he even looked like Ross, an incredible accomplishment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Priceless Gift of Laughter | 7/9/1951 | See Source »

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