After taking a two-year sabbatical, she returned to fight an uphill career battle whose high points have included appearances in the television mini-series "Lonesome Dove" and in movies like the western "Wild Bill," the deadpan suburban comedy "My New Gun" and "The Perfect Storm," in which she had the small but fierce role of a fisherman's wife.
In the fierce title role, Sherman Howard is a major player indeed, maneuvering an acting journey that begins with a most believable disorientation and uncontestable derangement, and winds up with the cool mastery of a fine, feigned madness.
The verbal energy is relentless, but "El Henry" requires more than agile tongues and booming voices from its indefatigable cast, which includes standout work from Roxane Carrasco in a number of fierce female roles.
There are also fierce disagreements about the role and importance of the family.
Her top notes are searing and her low notes are fierce, which fits the role.
There are fierce debates over the role of ideology, social circumstances, individual personality traits, and mental illness.
Maria Kowroski is a creature in this role, both fierce and ethereal, and Ask la Cour plays it just right as Prince Ivan.
Claire Foy brings a fierce commitment to the role of Sawyer Valentini, a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown – in fact, well over the verge.
Fears that Ofsted penalises such an approach have led to a fierce debate about the role of the inspectorate in academies and free schools.
It's hard to imagine even Olivier bringing to the role the fierce physicality -- the held-in animal vigor -- of Lancaster's performance.
