Sad, sweet and gently moving as it is, "Coming Home" is not among Mr. Fugard's most compelling or artful plays.
Although we live in a far more cynical age now, you know intuitively that no television program or David Lean epic film could ever have accomplished what the youngsters of the Mercury Theater did in 1938; any physical image attached to the artful play instantly would have revealed it as well-produced fiction.
When the man and the woman do finally have a conversation, they begin in coyness — a very adult coyness, rooted in acute self-awareness on both sides.... Reza's artful play may persuade you that there is nothing of greater value in all the world than a brief encounter between strangers on a train.
When the man and the woman do finally have a conversation, they begin in coyness — a very adult coyness, rooted in acute self-awareness on both sides.... Reza's artful play may persuade you that there is nothing of greater value in all the world than a brief encounter between strangers on a train..
The Artful Dodger, played by Sonny Ray, is one of the most effective, if brief, characterizations, especially in appearance.
That, and Artful Dodger played a big part in my introduction to dance music.
The poses don't, from the perspective of now, seem very artful: a pasty agent playing dress-up.
When his voice broke, he was playing the Artful Dodger in the West End stage version of the greatest musical ever written in the English language – Oliver.
But Barrymore managed a successful comeback in the 1990s, and made her directorial debut last year with the acclaimed Whip It....and three who struggled Jack Wild Playing the Artful Dodger in 1968's Oliver! shot the 16-year-old to fame and an Oscar nomination.
He changes chords almost compulsively: often major to minor and back (as the Beatles did), making his melodies play artful tricks to sound natural.
His salvation is a new best friend named Boris: a funny, profane, street-smart kid who grew up in Australia, Russia and Ukraine and who will play Artful Dodger to Theo's Oliver Twist.
