Word: speaking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What are some of the desired attributes of the ideal Stratford performer? He must, of course, have a God-given talent and a personal magnetism (which is unanalyzable). He needs a voice of wide range and many timbres. He must be able to speak and project with utter clarity at all dynamic levels. He should be able to convey the music and poetry of the text. He must know how to breathe properly (Shakespeare is unusually difficult in this regard). He needs a feeling for rhythm and tempo; and must be able to get at and put across the meaning...
...company has, in Earle Hyman, Ellis Rabb and Richard Waring, the three persons that come closest to the ideal performer outlined above. These three speak Shakespearean verse best; they move best; and they are versatile (though Waring has not yet shown so wide a range as Hyman and Rabb). Richard Easton continues to do fine work, especially in comedy. And John Colicos has increased in stature since joining the company and bids fair to improve still more...
...Maria Cristina somewhere in between. But they feel their special ties. The father, an Italian immigrant who got rich with textile mills and vegetable-oil factories, says the five are a kind of "Mafia," with their own secret jokes and fierce loyalty. The children chatter in Spanish among themselves, speak Italian to their family and English in school...
...entrance by Lloyd George and A. J. Balfour-"both of whom were trembling, they were so ashamed"-Lady Astor even stirred up a critique on her big moment from a clarion-voiced observer: "Afterwards Sir Winston Churchill said I had made a very remarkable performance-but he would only speak to me in the lobby, not in the House. He said: 'When you entered, I felt you had come upon me in my bath and I'd nothing to protect myself with but the sponge...
...Driving for Ferrari and Jaguar since 1953, Hawthorn has gained a reputation for punishing the cars he drives, getting involved in frequent accidents. He has no manager. "Mike couldn't be managed," explained a friend. "One day he is friendly and the next day he will refuse to speak...