Word: scripted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Joyce Redman plays at the level of the script, in tragedy-queen style with plenty of pedal; and whether right or not for Anne, is completely right for Anderson...
...most part, the adapters have admirably preserved the painful mood, the wry humor and the shock value of the book. Producer-Director Litvak has drawn from their script a picture which is, in many ways, better than the novel...
...Anne's case, history itself proved a rattling good dramatist, and Anderson has certainly not played down the original script. Anne of the Thousand Days has scenes of spitting, highbusted theater, and a good many moments-early rather than late-when it is about equally fustian and fun. It is full of twists and contrasts-of Anne's hate turning to liking as Henry's liking turns to hate; of Henry's determination to have a son for the throne and Anne's determination to have a throne for her daughter (Elizabeth...
...Blockhouse fencing room has never sounded like the Anvil Chorus in ragtime. Peroy's French accent can always be heard throughout the afternoon. He'll stand by with a manager while two of his charges fight it out, and the script will run something like this...
...club met in Leverett House that night and chalked a magic circle on the floor. They drew cabalistic signs on the walls and in the air, following an ancient recipe. Everyone stood on the circle, for it wasn't safe to be outside. Accord- ing to the script, all this should make the devil appear, usually in the form of a goat or a butterfly...