Word: underplayer
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Vocally, the play builds in volume and intensity as it progresses. Babe has wisely chosen to have his actors underplay, forcing them to perform with self-discipline. The acting is amazing, considering that four of the five east-members are usually employed on the Harvard stage as comedians, and the fifth as a dancer. Emily Levine gives a spine-chilling performance as the mother, easily her best to date, and not once does she lapse into any of the mannerisms that have marked her last three performances. Susan Channing plays the daughter. Her sheer technical skill is amazing...
...against the union because of Weritas' ineptitude, and a group of witches object for totally obscure reasons. The plot was flimsy, but generally unobtrusive. In the second act however, the girls tried to interject a peace "message" concerning senseless bloodshed on the jousting field. They would have had to underplay it far more than they did for it not to seem out of place in an essentially frivolous show...
...Nora, is too tragic for a 14-year old girl, and she seems inclined to sob or sigh when she feels like it rather than in response anyone else's lines. David Handlin does not appear to know how he should act, but he has the grace to underplay, and his Bartley comes out natural, if a little weak...
...Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Glenn T. Seaborg in Washington. The AEC relayed the word to President Kennedy, then cruising on his yacht, the Honey Fitz, on Florida's Lake Worth. The President's casual surroundings were deliberate-they were part of a major U.S. policy decision to underplay the resumption of atmospheric tests...
...acting in both films is excellent, and makes up somewhat for the otherwise insufficient subtitles. Anita Bjork and Anders Hendrikson, the couple in On Payment, underplay their roles, but make effective use of subtle facial expressions. In A Doll's House Mai Zetterling is appropriately scatter-brained as the wife...