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Word: shricking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harry Smith's Puck, by contrast, is a curiously dour figure. An extremely active and athletic Puck, he nonetheless refuses to enjoy himself; "Lord, what fools these mortals be" comes out as a hoarse shrick of despair. He is a virtuoso, but he as not Puck. Yet with the help of Barbara Channing's costume (all her costumes are delightful) and Gregory Levin's music he performs some bewitching dances. I wish I could say as much of the fairies (one of them, oddly enough, is missing), who dance capably enough but who sadly jar the harmony of court-yard...

Author: By Robert W. Gordon, | Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream | 5/7/1962 | See Source »

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