Word: silent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...game began with ar. offensive outburst, followed by a silent second stanza...
Caesar appears at first to be an emblem of the strong, silent type who sits at the war room table and speaks in slow, measured syllables. Had Egan's character not developed through the play, he would still have maintained a powerful presence. Egan's Caesar, however, shows an intensely emotional side to his character in his dealings with sister Octavia. Before her wedding to Antony, Caesar speaks to her with a remarkable tenderness that stands in strong--but not incongruous--contrast to his unfeeling military persona...
...music is played over long stretches of dialog have a cinematic feel. The best of these occurs at the end of the first half, when a paternal Caesar is seen comforting Octavia after Antony has left her for Cleopatra. This touching scene is juxtaposed to Antony and Cleopatra's silent, silhouetted reunion in Egypt on the upper stage and is accompanied by heart-wrenchingly gorgeous plano music. This scene projects the play's unity and enunciates this cast's unswerving dedication to the individual characters...
...MIDDLE AMERICANS 1969 A Silent Majority is suddenly vocal about values...
Still, women come to Axum to speak directly to Mary. They dance to beg for help. They approach the gateway to the inner shrine to genuflect and kiss its stones. They stand in lines along the outer walls offering silent prayers. "If we have a problem--lack of rain, poor harvests, infertility, illness--we need to go to her and she will listen," says a young supplicant, "more than Jesus or God. If we are here, by our presence, she knows it even though we can't be in the church...