Word: scripting
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However, the script that connects these excerpts together struggles to justify its own presence in the structure of the play. Although necessary for setting the chronology of excerpts, the script cannot adequately compete with the eloquence of Wilde's own words. True, Wilde did lead an interesting, often humorous, personal life, but simply retelling the major points does not complete the script...
Rather than enhancing the effect and meaning of Wilde's works, the script functions all too often as an inconsequential filler between excerpts that does little to maintain the cohesiveness of the play...
...guess the rest before it happens, since Denis O'Neill's script is rudimentary. Wade soon proves to be a great deal less than he seems (he and Terry are grand larcenists on the wilderness lam). They need Gail's skill and bravery to get them through the Gauntlet (hushed tones whenever it's mentioned) -- a nasty set of falls, rapids and whirlpools. Tom takes a little ) more time to prove that he is a great deal more than he seems, a tenacious defender of (shall we say) family values...
Last year, their script was rejected. But after revisions, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals finally saw something in the brainchild of Mark H. Baskin '95 and Jason M. Cooper...
...interviews yesterday, the script's authors described the farce as "a play about love and second chances...