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...father Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre (Michael A. Yashinsky ’11, who is also a Crimson Arts comper) and Aline’s mother Lady Sangazure (Sofia M. Selowsky ’12) fall madly and inexplicably in love with whomever they first behold after drinking the philter...

Author: By Julian B. Gewirtz | Title: Cast of ‘Sorcerer’ Spellbinding | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...once adored Aline's noble mother, Lady Sangazure (Anja Kollmus). Delighted with the idea of everyone falling in love, regardless of class, age, or even personal tastes, Alexis ignores Aline's protests and enlists the aid of a sorcerer to cast a spell on the town through a love philter. The sorcerer, J.W. Wells (Joe Nuccio '00), complies, and the village falls into a deep sleep, from which everyone awakes to adore the first person of the opposite sex that he or she sees...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, | Title: Falling Under the Spell of 'The Sorcerer' | 4/24/1997 | See Source »

...Ulster and Connaught. In the next nine years, the O'Donnell and his tall gallo-glavses made Irish stew out of British armies sent against them. Then, while on a mission to the court of Spain. Red Hugh fell afoul of a British agent who accomplished with a philter what could not be done by force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Lion in Marmalade | 12/2/1966 | See Source »

...sorcerer, J. Wellington Wells, fails to be terrifying enough; he is much too amiable. In preparing the love philter, for example, he innocents in the tone in which one normally makes introductions; at the end (I must not disclose the end), he sounds as if he were going on vacation. Otherwise, Mr. Skolnik is splendid. His patter is palpitating, his dancing delightful...

Author: By Joel E. Cohen, | Title: The Sorcerer | 4/19/1963 | See Source »

...Thinking Man's Philter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 25, 1960 | 4/25/1960 | See Source »

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