Word: roles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After Konstantynowicz capitalized off his steal, the Bruins began to get their second wind and cut the lead to 26-18 with 7:30 left to go. Rich Bengel, who has been relegated to the role of minutemen these days, came off the bench and uncorked a pair of corner jumpers to keep the Crimson's lead...
...combination of internal complications and uncertainty about the convention's role and strategy have caused the delay. Establishing bylaws, for example, became a two-week affair. First a committee established to decide on rules of procedure for the convention met and hashed out decisions on voting rights, quorum size and other issues. Then the full convention, in a classic display of Monday-morning quarterbacking, proceeded to debate the by-laws item by item, and after two meetings agreed on an amended version that looked suspiciously like the original version...
...cast cannot redeem. Marian Seldes winces uncomfortably in her pointless role, and Richard Woods cannot enact a plodding, fatuous lawyer without giving a plodding, fatuous performance. Victor Garber coasts fairly pleasantly through his cunning young man role, and Marian Winters twinkles merrily as a psychic spinster, but we can't be allowed to laugh at her performance without another character reminding us that she is "the comedy relief...
John Wood, however, late of the Royal Shakespeare Company, gives a bravura performance as Bruhl; it's amazing what a little style, diction, and well-placed resonance can do even for a role like this. Wood resembles a jack-in-the-box out of the box, his long, gangling figure springing about beneath a jolly mop of brown hair. Best is his voice, which he uses like a virtuoso, rasping out some lines, snarling others like Burgess Meredith, or shooting up into a terribly British falsetto a la Rex Harrison. He conveys the tremendous nervous energy trapped inside him, which...
Deathtrap and John Wood came as a package, and Moore accepted the play eagerly. "John is dazzling. One of the biggest concerns of mine is whether I'll be able to put up with anyone else in the role." Is he a difficult actor to work with? "Not at all. Long ago I learned that the best actors are the easiest." But then, Moore considers himself an easy director to work for. "I'm disarmingly placid," he said...