Word: morland
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...curious musical, it is history deflated to suburban proportions, via Broadway. Pippin (Justin Richardson) is an average upper-middle class college overachiever; his dad. Charlemagne (John D. Langdon), a gruff executive type; Fastrada (Ann Henry), his mother, a matron right out of the Five Towns area; and Lewis (Mark Morland), his younger brother, the ancient equivalent of a dumb jock--a dumb warrior...
...three sons--Richard, Geoffrey and John--and for their foil, Philip of France. As far as plot action goes, the four are practically interchangeable. But the four strong actors who play them differ in manner and style as much as appearance, each marking out a distinctive character. Mark Morland as the already famous Richard stands tall and regal; Joel Dando makes of Geoffrey the conniving serpent his actions prove him, but every detail of gait and intonation inspire empathy as well for a tortured, constantly overlooked middle child. The meatiest role of the three is probably that of John...
...Morland outlined two steps for ameliorating the nuclear arms problem. First, people have to be educated about nuclear arms so that they will bring pressure on the government to limit arms build...
...Morland first achieved national attention in 1979 when the Government prevented publication of his article on the manufacture of the hydrogen bomb. Morland, having obtained the information through non-classified channels, said that his purpose was to illustrate that secrecy only hinders public awareness of the issues...
...Morland's speech was part of a Kennedy School study group entitled "Life in the Nuclear Armed Crowd...