But the conceit works effectively as a symbol of the marauding ill fortune always at large in human life.
In "Luck," he will be playing David Beeves, a young man on whom fortune always seems to shine.
John Hunting, an heir to the Steelcase office furniture fortune, always knew that his foundation, the Beldon Fund, would have a limited life span.
His broad grin, gentle reserve and air of appreciative good fortune always made it look easy to be Peter Lieberson, but his scores reveal the tectonic tensions and roiling core beneath his courtly exterior.
Wax Idols, from Oakland, reached back to the crashing, dissonant Gothic new wave of Siouxsie and the Banshees, with the singer and guitarist Heather Fedewa (aka Hether Fortune) always keeping a melody within the blare of scrabbling guitars.
Mr. Barneby, who had been disinherited, and Mr. Ripley, whose personal fortune always paid the bills, headed straight to Hollywood, where they were quickly disillusioned by seeing Clark Gable without pads on his shoulders and torso.
