Word: staging
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from whence this outrageous outburst of outgoings? The flushings of my toilet training stage that now descend upon my head, the leavings...
...John, a fixture at Boston's rock gatherings, had, by now, clambered up on stage, with a glint sincerely in his eyes, and had begun as usual to make a fool of himself. The crowd booed. John shouted, over the Earth Opera's fading chords, "I'm not mad. You all are" Which wasn't true anyway but what the hell...
...Charles's innovation brought waves of gospel talent into the blues field, and at the same time offered blues performers a chance to employ the climactic cadences and mythic ritual of black evangelism. Some of his more ardent followers adopted stage mannerisms in which they appeared to be seized by God; they tore off their clothes, called for witnesses, collapsed and rose up again. The bespangled James Brown's whirling, convulsive performances have even been analyzed as enactments of the Crucifixion...
...Levin said he was allowed to give religious instruction in his synagogue. "How can you as a rabbi say such things?" After 40 minutes of interruptions, Levin could take no more. Without waiting for the last segment of his speech to be translated into English, he walked off the stage and out of the hall...
...intensity, venom and quinine-bitter laughter intact. In his scenario for the film, Osborne has speeded the tempo by slimming the monologues; Director Anthony Page has gained added power by close-ups that pore over a human face desolate in its frustrations. As on the London and New York stage, the demanding role of Maitland is enacted by Nicol Williamson, a player of explosive passion. Williamson does not merely perform; he lays his life on the line. His eyes are wells of mocking, melancholy torment that seem to see and sear every filmgoer in the house...