Word: son-in-law
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Near the end of the first act of Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England is on stage with his wife Alice, his daughter Margaret, and his future son-in-law, William Roper. Just leaving is Richard Rich, later to prove the mortal enemy who by perjury sends More to his death. Rich has aroused the suspicions of all, and Alice, Margaret, and Roper urge More to arrest him because be is a bad and dangerous man. More refuses, saying that Rich has broken no law. Exasperated, More's wife bursts...
Services for him will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Madison Corner Church, in Madison, N.H. Hocking's son-in-law, Bishop Donald J. Campbell of the Episcopal Theoogical Seminary in Cambridge, will conduct them...
...describes as "a benign kind of boss with inspirational qualities and a great organizational reputation." The two men are more than merely old friends. Ferkauf's eldest daughter is engaged to Bassine's son. Ferkauf thinks that Bassine may be just the administrator he has long been looking for-and so, in future years, may be Ferkauf's son-in-law...
...Pelican is one of Strindberg's more harrowing achievements. Roughly, the story concerns the tragic changes in a family following the death of the father and the marriage of the daughter. The mother is in love with her newly acquired son-in-law, not realizing that he is interested only in the dead man's estate. These and other conflicts finally lead to a series of catastrophic confrontations in which the family, perhaps aided by the spirit of the dead father, turn against the mother and bring about the destruction of the entire household...
...skill is amazing, and she manipulates the emotions of the audience with the slightest change of expression. Bea Paipert plays the Cook and effectively establishes the mood and tone of the production, on which the other characters have to build. If Joel Silverstein and Jim Shuman, as the son-in-law and son, lack the vocal technique to completely put over their most difficult scenes, they make up for it by turning in consistent performances which are frequently brilliant and effective. Silverstein moves powerfully, and flawlessly executes the stage business Babe has given him. Shuman's first outburst hits...