Word: distraughtly
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Family Reunion is Nash's own scissors & paste job, selections from his books which he himself can still read "without visibly wincing." His hero, the distraught male, lurks everywhere, but Nash is here saluting the American family, which consists, by his definition, "not only of children, but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold." Nothing delights him more than working over the darkest thoughts of harried parents...
...Marlowe, sought by Vosnian secret police because he knows of the death of General Niva, the dictator, is capably played by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Fairbanks portrays the doctor's fear and confusion through facial expressions rather that distraught mouthings common to such roles. Marlowe's trouble with the Vosnian language, which could have been comic if mishandled, is effectively exploited by Fairbanks to increase the suspense. Glynis Johns plays a dancer who tries to help Marlowe, and in doing so becomes one of the principals in a manhunt. She does a convincing job as someone who can never quite decide...
...Helsinki's Malmi Airport, Mrs. Pontecorvo looked haggard and distraught. Her husband seemed quite normal. But his passport was not in order; he had no Finnish visa, so the authorities politely told him he must surrender it for correction. He could pick it up in three days at the Ministry of Interior's Bureau for Foreigners...
...opposition to the father's quest for recognition of his reality, a difficult role if the play is to achieve maximum effectiveness. Mr. Temple handles his double burden with natural case and ability. Although his direction is slow-paced from time to time, the overall effect is one of distraught tension...
...encouragement to be dogmatic. Time & again its modest and inquiring authors say, in effect, "We don't know much about this disease." But even in those cases, they suggest, the doctor will do well to think of the patient before the disease-the whole patient, including his distraught mind as well as his aching back...