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...audience as they reveal their hidden love, hatred and motives during the play. Tom Hughes shines as Henry. He exudes strength and arrogance, relishing his ability to trounce anyone who attempts to outwit him. The audience trembles in sympathy for Eleanor when Henry passionately kisses Alais (Nell Benjamin), his mistress, in front of her, to test Eleanor's professed "intellectual curiosity." Nell Benjamin makes Alais more than just a royal concubine--though sweet and beautiful, she has a tough edge. She's aware of all the implications of her situation, and her radiant strength explains why Eleanor feels so threatened...
...older gangster, and imagine in their facial resemblance the kind of dead-end foot soldier the boy could become in 10 years, if he were not as lucky as he proves to be. Catch the cool stare of society dame Drew Preston (Nicole Kidman), the captive, then mistress, of Dutch (Hoffman); her eyes don't move from his as he submits her face to the indignity of a first caress. Listen to the whisper of silk against silk as Drew sashays toward Billy on the night they might make love. From such subtle signals emerges a lopsided triangle: the strong...
Nora Barnacle was certainly Joyce's first love, but Joyicity reminds the audience that "dear dirty Dublin" was his lifelong mistress. Leaving Dublin only meant sharpening his perspective on what he had left behind. And while Joyce's characters come in all shapes and sizes, they remain quintessentially Irish...
...lost premise that underlay social dancing: the assumption that the man would lead. The central character -- a drab real estate agent organizing the Snow Ball -- looks up at three memorable debutantes of his youth, again installed in the Snow Queen's sleigh. He labels them goddess, wife and mistress and ardently wishes he could have them all forever. In fact, none "belongs" to him. Men of Gurney's generation have lived in a radically evolving world, and many, he says, are still struggling to make peace with the changes...
...husband, Ted Hughes, as a major factor in her suicide. From his first mention of Hughes, his violence, power and promiscuity are emphasized. What finally persuades the reader are Alexander's use of statements made by Plath: "Sylvia also said Hughes made an admission: he and Assia [his mistress] had speculated that, in light of her past emotional problems, Sylvia might already have killed herself. If she were dead, Hughes told Plath, he could sell Court Green and take Frieda [their daughter...