Word: propsed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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All this studied contrivance might have been effective if it had been played against less artificial performances by the actors. To underscore the artificiality of reality there must be at least a little reality against which to test the theory. And while minimal and fantastic props can be effective, minimal...
At the demilitarized zone that divides Korea, Ronald Reagan looked frowningly northward last week toward the showpiece village that the North Koreans have built there-complete with false fronts on the buildings and jolly villagers trucked in and out every day. Reagan was scornful of the Communist props. "It looks...
Once again Central American states find themselves either wrestling with or recovering from the most enduring features of their history poverty and despotism. And once again the United States demonstrates its seemingly incurable myopia as it props up unpopular regimes and points to military solutions for recurring economic problems.
Gerald Fox as Camillo gives the play's most memorable performance because he changes accents as often as others change props. His identities range from his own proper English accent to a puted French-German cadence. Fox moves around the stage, playing off the other character's syncracies.
Such a performance, with all its sparkle, cloaks a lack of substance and mars several sections of the play. The props, in the end, are nothing more than distracting ornaments, prompting the audience to grow extremely restless by the end of each 90-minute act. Had Warner held himself back...