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...always hidden between and behind the words. A simple invitation to sit down can become a dangerous contest for the upper hand. That's what makes him so tantalizing, and so uncomfortable. "His choice of words is so specific," says the actress Lindsay Duncan, who created the role of Prue in Celebration. Ian Holm, who is currently starring in The Homecoming - and also had a different role, Lenny, in the original 1965 production - agrees. "The language is pared down until every word has immense power," he says. "He relishes every phrase. Pinter is the best playwright in the English language...
Similarly, little directorial bits usually come off beautifully, but occasionally become heavy-handed. Gwyllum Evans as Sir Sampson, the father who seeks to disinherit Valentine, lifts a corner of his wig to hear what's going on. Jill Clayburgh as the naive, ardent, immense Miss Prue takes ten minutes to stuff a giant hankerchief into her bosom...
...female comics are a Miss Milgrim and a Miss Vogel, who play Mrs. Frail, a fashionable lady of little virtue and less money, and Miss Prue, Angelica's country cousin. The one is bright and fatigued; and the other, buxom and spirited, sports a North Country accent that would warm the cold heart of Albert Ramsbottom...
Collins also lashed out at the University police. "They did nothing to protect our men," he said. "I asked Byne to do something about the thefts, but got no satisfaction from him." Collins referred to Charles H. Prue, administrative assistant to the Department of Buildings and Grounds, who was unavailable for comment last night...
...much less airy and aristocratic comedy than Congreve's The Way of the World, Love for Love is for that very reason a livelier theater piece. Its farce is its fortune; just about the broadest stage business in the whole play-countrified Miss Prue being taught city ways of love -is just about the best thing it offers. Indeed, like almost all Restoration comedy, much of Love for Love runs, sometimes boringly, to bawdry...