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Word: spinsters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...ancient curse. A well-mannered, blushing maiden. A would-be Baronet masquerading as a farmer. A village lunatic. An elderly spinster. Mix all of these elements together with a troupe of professional-and equally blushing-bridesmaids, add a chorus of dead Baronets, toss in a generous pinch of satire and a large dash of energetic singing and dancing, and you have none other than Ruddigore, or the Witch's Curse, presented by the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players...

Author: By Marcelline Block, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Topsy-Turvy Marriage | 4/14/2000 | See Source »

...earnest in character, not to mention Ernest by law and sacrament. Britanni Sonnenburg is a light breeze on stage as a mischievous, innocent Cecily. Ahana Kalappa contrasts nicely as the precocious, urbane Gwendolyn, whose malapropisms are enough to throw a dictionary at. Kathryn Powell as Miss Prism, Cecily's spinster governess, and Stian Westlake as Dr. Chasuble, the parish clergyman, give grounded performances. Cary McClelland makes for a delightfully indignant, buxom Lady Bracknell, whose voice breaks just a little too much, presumably for the sake of emphasis. But it is the director Fred Hood in his cameos...

Author: By Angma D. Jhala, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Importance of Seeing Earnest | 1/14/2000 | See Source »

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