Word: misses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...parade. I applauded wildly. Was this not expected of me? I definitely must catch this to see all the heads roll and the blood spurt. And having noted each murder's place and method. I'll know exactly when to buy the popcorn so I don't miss a thing...
...Modern Religion. The festivities open in the private mental health clinic of Dr. Prentice (Alexander Pearson), who, as the lights go up, is interviewing an ingenue, Geraldine Barclay (Melissa Franklin), for a secretarial post. Under the pretext of determining her suitability for the job, the good doctor has Miss Barclay undress on a couch hidden behind a conveniently placed curtain. Enter Mrs. Prentice (Alexandra Phillips) at this most unpropitious time. While Dr. Prentice silently implores Miss Barclay to remain still behind the curtain, the couple launch into an epic shouting match, centered mostly on each other's sexual deficiencies...
...next fool to enter this madhouse is Dr. Rance (Keith Rogal), as a government psychiatrist checking whether Dr. Prentice's clinic is up-to-scratch. In his efforts to cover up his failed seduction, Dr. Prentice allows Rance to believe that Miss Barclay, still naked and prostrate behind the curtain, is a nymphomaniac patient...
Mark Lupke, as Seargeant Match, sent to find the now-missing tandem of Miss Barclay and Beckett, plays the Law with a straight man elegance that Buster Keaton might have envied. Keith Rogal portrays Dr. Rance with a maniacal energy, but lets loose in the final scene. Ted Chandler's Nicholas Beckett is flat at first, seemingly bored with the placidity of his first appearance in contrast to his later shenanigans. As the plot unfolds, he becomes more at case with his part, taking the caricature of Beckett to the limit...
...Miss Sally Prince, escorted by Mr. Jed Tatro...