Word: surmounting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...simple. This put an added strain on those members of the audience who were not familiar with the work and whose French was creaky. When some of the more subtle bits of humor met dead silence, the actors had to adjust their pace. The blocking did not help surmount this difficulty, though broad gestures and general verve kept even the janitors interested. The minor roles were handled with extreme finesse. Who can forget the antics of the lovers Acaste and Clitandre with their feathered hats. And Pierre Bertin as Oriente displayed the control, humor and timing that has established...
Granted, Gaitskell has been able to "surmount" the initial political weaknesses of his personality and background, but many English observers feel that he continues to react to political situations as the academician that he is. "He seems to act with the sense of knowing best," one commentator remarked, "--a kind of vocation to set an incompetant world to rights." This drive to set the world at rights is perhaps implicit in his Socialist creed, but Gaitskell's interpretation of party cant bears the imprint of a man looking for an up-to-date, intellectually solid synthesis. his own words, defining...
Shakespeare's powers as a dramatist are, however, less apparent in the production. The fault here is in part due to the play itself, since Richard II lacks a great deal of motion and excitement. Director Glenn Goldburg does not quite manage to surmount this shortcoming. His blocking takes good advantage of the arena stage, but it tends to be rather static, especially in the long first act. Nevertheless, his staging is always visually interesting, and it is questionable whether any director can inject motion into a play that often does not move...
...free food ("It's cheaper than fighting"), honest elections within six months and ultimate splitting up of vast colon estates. Then, taking a lesson from the U.S. 1952 campaign, Mendes capped his proposal by dramatically offering to go to Algeria and stay as long as necessary "to surmount all obstacles...
...contortions, and to accompany this motion with a relaxation of the facial muscles and a slight quivering of the lips. This, then, is the first problem that confronts the popular song listener: Learn to express your response through all limbs, trunk, as well as digits, and you will soon surmount the first obstacle on the road to full musical appreciation...