Word: temptors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Supporting roles were far less demanding. The only actors with parts that varied enough to warrant individual comment were those who played both the four temptors in the first act and the murdering knights in the second. Robert Schwarz's straightforward earnestness as the temptor who offered Thomas the greatest gift of all--martyrdom--is skillfully handled, while Andre Gregory is delightfully whimsical as he offers Becket the joys of past dissipations. As the two temptors who offer various forms of temporal power, Louis Begley and John Docker are only fair. Begley over-acts to the point of appearing...
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