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...cast manage to capture with inimitable wit the work of Ray Cooney, often regarded as the “greatest living English farceur.” Set in the illustrious Westminster Hotel, the play tells the story of what happens when junior minister of the British Parliament Mr. Richard Willey (Hugh Malone ’08) decides to participate in an illicit affair with the secretary of a member of the opposition party, Mrs. Jane Worthington (Tracy A. Bjelland ’08). Oliver translates, “it’s like someone from the Bush cabinet hooking...
...attempted tryst (instead of partaking in an important all-night Parliamentary debate in the House of Commons) is one of the most outrageously funny sequences of disasters that could possibly occur during one evening. After being the unfortunate guests in a room with a dead body, Mr. Willey and Mrs. Worthington manage to concoct a series of devilish plans to rid themselves of the interloper with the help of Mr. Willey’s best friend Mr. George Pidgen (Calum Docherty ’07).It becomes clear that they will have a hard time ridding themselves of the visitor...
...grow subsequently worse, highlighted by the oft-repeated line, “I think our situation has deteriorated.” The only character who seems to be having one of the best nights of his life is Mr. Pidgen, the shy sidekick of the sly and overconfident Mr. Willey. Docherty slides into the role of Pidgen with ease and strength in his vivification of the old saying, “beware of the quiet ones.” In his first play at Harvard, Docherty manages to make believable the idea of a quiet young man propositioning his best...
...Willey served as the president of both the American Anthropological Association and the Society for American Archaeology. His combined work with Jeremy A. Sabloff, A History of American Archaeology, continues to be a standard reference for those working in the field...
...beloved by both students and the profession at large,” said William L. Fash, one of Willey’s former students and current chair of the anthropology department. “Willey will not soon be forgotten...