Word: nagin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...theory whereby the tale hangs is that all a woman need do to captivate a man is to tell him he's handsome. This "secret" The Man From Bellac (Carl Nagin) divulges to the naive young Agnes (Patricia Hawkins), whom he meets in the outer office of a firm with which she is seeking...
...Nagin is an engaging puzzle. He always remains detached. He is warm, he smiles with real affection. But he never plunges into his part. He seems to be watching his fellow actors as well as reacting to them. Half his glances seem really directed at the audience. This reserve may well be justified in the magical character he plays. But it does close off one means of audience involvement. And it limits his comic effect. You can't project omniscience and take the audience in. Even if you have all the answers, you have to look fooled to be funny...
...Carl Nagin too, who played Macduff, has a good voice and a fine sense of timing. The form employed them well. Blau's Banquo has an air about him that suggests great insight and great sorrow...
Anne Lilley (Electra) amirked coyly in some of her most serious speeches and several times mouthed the opening word of a line silently or made a tentative gesture before going through with the actual business. And Carl Nagin (Orestes) didn't help the pace much either with his oracular delivery...