In a thrilling, deeply felt characterization, Sam Waterston could be doing a star turn, as the high-strung, cranky keeper of the orchard, clutching himself, almost doubling over with the pain of being unable to articulate his thoughts.
Fans of Woolf's insight into the human consciousness, however, will savor Pierpont's acute observation of a family in crisis, her deft pacing and deeply human characterization of each member of the family.
Although his deeply scored characterizations of the three former friends carry the soul of his story, Lehane's penetrating studies of their neighbors -- including some of the strongest and saddest women you'll ever meet in this genre -- are no less vital.
As Paul, Ryan Drummond delivered another one of his forcefully sung, deeply masculine characterizations.
The exhibition is mute about this; neither does it explore its own premises too deeply, leaving its characterization of the avant-garde somewhat wispy.
In this paper, Strome and Wood delved deeply into the characterization of a process that had been studied over the last few years.
I found the characterization of contractors deeply offensive.
I deeply resent Denise Clark Pope's characterization of "high-achieving students" as morally corrupt schemers who cheat their way into an Ivy League education (Op-Ed, April 13).
As a high school and college teacher for 45 years (much of it at a community college), I was deeply offended by Martha Grimes's characterization of teaching at Montgomery College, a community college in Maryland, as an "awful job" ("An Author Gets Back at Knopf," Arts pages, Aug. 20).
Stephen Casey Ossining, N.Y., June 19 , 2008 To the Editor: Even were I not of Irish heritage, I would be deeply offended by Roger Cohen's characterization of the Irish as residents of a former "beer-soaked backwater" who are "ungrateful" for "enormous E.U. farm subsidies, access for foreign investors to the E.U. market, and the liberation from a Britain complex".
