Word: mortalized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...theatrical grace is hard to come by at Harvard; its omission in the Lowell production is not a mortal sin. And one touch in Toad of Toad Hall would seem to show that God may be smiling on the play. When Mole enters Badger's digs she myopically surveys the huge Lowell House chandelier and murmurs an impressed, "Oh I say," After an infinitude of blithely ignorant House productions it is good to see a cast aware that a couple of tons of glass and wire may come plummeting down on them any minute...
...Your Essay "The Morality of War" [Jan. 20] was thoughtprovoking, and on a subject about which thought should be provoked. I myself cannot justify any sort of mortal violence. Such abstractions as "freedom" lose their meaning when used as justification for killing. You can't save a man for democracy by shooting him and bombing his children (even if in "error"). Since life itself is the only sure human value, and therefore the measure of all others, the taking of it is certainly immoral. Viet Nam, with hypocrisy-cloaked brutality on both sides, only confirms my distaste...
...Mortal Nature. He arrives at first rehearsal deliberately uncertain about his part. He stammers out his speeches, tasting them with different inflections and accents, discarding conventional readings not because they are predictable, but because they do not tally with his instinct. This is what Playwright Bolt calls Scofield's "freewheeling" period in the shakedown. Bolt no longer worries about the false starts. "He never leaves in an effect for the sake of an effect," says the playwright. "With Scofield, you are guaranteed something pure...
When you've eliminated all the noes, you don't really need to say yes-the rest is what you're doing. The actor must honor the specific mortal nature of the man he represents. An archetype cannot be acted, as a performance cannot be written. A play is not a homily...
...chief criticisms of monarchy is that it is not only an anachronism but also a mighty expensive one. Japan's Emperor Hirohito, even though he formally declared himself mortal in 1946, draws a stipend of $3,000,000 a year, plus another $3,000,000 of taxpayers' funds to support an Imperial Household Agency of 1,200 officials. Inside the palace compound in Tokyo, a $38 million ceremonial hall is now abuilding for him, and a $27,000 Nissan Royal limousine has just been added to the royal fleet of three Rolls-Royces, a Daimler, a Cadillac...