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Buechner leaves a lot to the actor and the director. There is little in the speeches to betray the feelings of the men who speak--or to convince us of the feelings they do profess. As he kneels at the guillotine, Herault-Sechelles breaks down: "I can't seem to manage a joke." There are few such lines provided. Almost none of the actors invented the necessary gestures or falterings of the voice to make themselves believable...
John McDonnel (Legendre), Randall McLeod (Barere), William Dockin (Collot d'Herbois) and George Hamlin (Herault-Sechelles) all manager relatively lively characterizations. But they relied entirely on what Buechner gave them. Not one of them worked out any business to rivet the audience's attention. When Robert Chapman (Robespierre) took the podium to address the Jacobin Club, he held the audience in silence while he put on his glasses. No one else in the cast did something like that--not even Williams...
...reliance on diction and neglect of theatricality that makes Danton a bore. No one's timing is good. The guillotining scene is no more than a babble of voices; Herault-Sechelles' last line is almost lost. Danton's is. The skillful performances of Chapman and Miss Esterman must be enjoyed without relation to the rest of the play...
Since 1957, Lamour's tu-and-toi technique has produced impressive results. A dam on the Orb River is complete, another is under way on a tributary of the Herault River, and 42 miles of canal are finished. Ultimately, at a cost of $300 million, the Midi will be irrigated. Last year 40,000 tons of Midi apples and peaches reached Paris, and by 1965, annual shipments are expected to top 100,000 tons. Another dividend of Lamour's investment: the U.S.'s Libby, McNeill & Libby is surveying sites for a food processing plant in the south...