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Simon J. Williams ’09 also proves himself a strong new talent to watch as Mr. Mosquet; he has a fine comic touch as a beleaguered pharmacist with a grudge against Parpalaid who eventually becomes Dr. Knock’s first disciple. Laurel T. Holland ’06 performs also well as the “Lady in Violet,” an ingenuous rich actress who is easily convinced of her need for Dr. Knock’s restorative talents. She brings a delightful flippancy and self-awareness to her role...
Although the music is minimalist, sound designer Rebecca R. Rojer ’09 employs it effectively, and when dramatic sound clips do enter the scene they contribute to the cinematic feel of the play. An especially good sound touch is the use of a harsh “knocking” noise to emphasize the slam of a door, illustrating the conflict of tradition and modernity as the physical borders between patients and the doctor’s office are established and broken down...
Although we parted on friendly terms (“Don’t touch John Harvard’s foot!” we insisted), the interaction continued to make me feel uneasy. Sure, we have Loker Commons if we want it, and we have lofty plans to build a Harvard pub, but no one in the Yard can legally drink, and no one who can legally drink wants to spend time at a pub in the Yard. Will we ever have an effective student hangout, or will our best bet continue to be crossing our fingers and knocking...
...country for three weeks with nights of burning cars. Those underclass riots were politically inchoate, but they did represent the fury of people desperate to escape the marginality imposed on them by their ethnicity and the rigidity of the French bureaucratic state. Those immigrant riots, which had an equal touch of the existential anarchy of the student revolution of 1968, were, if anything, a revolt for precariousness--for risk, danger, upheaval...
...know, down the middle. And anyone can hit a fastball, no matter how fast it is.” “But if you get ahead of the hitters and hit your spots then, you know, the strikeouts will come,” he added. With a touch more of offense, so will the wins. —Staff writer Alex McPhillips can be reached at rmcphill@fas.harvard.edu...