Word: uskali
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...Neill has been blessed with a strong complement of actors and singers in the lead roles, but only two have a crucial element that earns them special praise. Tom Uskali as the Pirate King rivals Groucho in his mastery of greasepaint-mustache manipulation but never descends to slapstick. Uskali's perpetual air of bemusement gives lines like "our revenge will be swift and terrible" a wonderful screwball appeal...
...Uskali and Sneath have one thing in common that the four other leads glaringly lack: a bursar's card. Jayne S. West (Mabel) and William R. Monnen (Fredric) are voice students at the Boston Conservatory of Music, and Dennis Crowley (Major-General) and Hope Devenish (Ruth) are grown-up singers with several years of professional experience. All four have--as their parts call for--first-rate voices, but their advanced years make their performances troublesome...
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