Word: renfield
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...good thing he does. Peter Hirsch, who plays the batty resident named Renfield, yields the best performance in the play. While his ranting and raving are exaggerated, there is life, even wit, in the violence of his acting. And his eyes glow with pleasure when he describes a feast of flies, spiders and cockroaches...
...RENFIELD might make an interesting case for Abigail van Helsing, the doctor called in by Dr. Seward to solve his sister's mysterious illness. Of course, she immediately realizes that the illness is caused by a vampire...
...these emotionally rich roles, Calvin Levels and Marilyn Rockafellow, under Elinor Renfield's forcefully realistic, behaviorally sensitive direction, are at once strong and subtle. They are so good, in fact, that they point up the superficiality of the out-of-school lives the playwright has concocted for them. They seem to have been plucked out of sociology texts rather than absorbed from life, expanding the play's length without usefully expanding our understanding of its people. Nonetheless, the heart of the play is sound, and its beat is worth listening...
...latest to join the California wine rush is Piper-Heidsieck. Two weeks ago, the French firm announced a $6 million ménage à trois with Renfield Importers and Sonoma Vineyards that will create a sparkling son of Heidsieck to be called Piper Sonoma. It will sell for $10-$12 a bottle, vs. $17 or more for the company's Continental bubbly...