He has set two films (one recent, one to come) in the 18th century, and that age of enlightened libertinage probably appeals to him, for despite his crow's-feet, he reminds an interviewer of an oddly amiable Marquis de Sade -- fundamentally chilly but as mirthful as a schoolboy.
"I have of late lost all my mirth" – a statement addressed to old university chums – could well be read as mirthful in itself.
And Mr. Langdon is to be congratulated on a generous supply of sad smiles and wide-eyed effects.Sometimes the wit in this mirthful piece is as appealing as the sound of a well hit anvil; on other occasions it is as if the hammer had missed its mark or struck a log of wood.The story of this comedy is credited to Arthur Ripley and Frank Capra.
In opposition to these dark developments, during this period Adams developed a reputation as a pithy, mirthful presence on Twitter.
Fishbein was pouring the contents of his cup into Grossbart's, and Grossbart looked mirthful as the liquid made a purple arc between Fishbein's hand and his.
With Marin Mazzie as Aldonza, the village whore, and Ernie Sabella, all mirthful girth as Quixote's sidekick, Sancho (1 50).
With Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as a Judy Collins-like Aldonza, the village whore, and Ernie Sabella, all mirthful girth as Quixote's sidekick, Sancho (1 50).
Below the windows, the hotel garden, with its ultra-simple and soigné arrangements of rock and tree, floated in the mists that crawl off Kyoto's waterways — for it is a watery city, crisscrossed with shallow rivers and cascading canals, dotted with pools as still as coiled snakes and mirthful little waterfalls that sound like Japanese girls giggling.
As ever with Mr. Ayckbourn, who has now written more plays (77) than he is years old (74), structure is all, and one can only marvel at the way in which he builds a simple misunderstanding involving two couples into a mirthful authorial gavotte flecked, as is the norm with this playwright, by hints of darkness just beyond its sunny climes.
Audiences delighted in his sly, mirthful charm as G. K. Chesterton's priestly sleuth Father Brown in "The Detective," also in 1954.
The outrageous behavior and unpredictable antics of the four actors make for a mirthful hour as the Bags dance, romp and slide in their outlandish clothes and ridiculous hats, surrounded by giant cartons and boxes.
