Fifi will be remembered for her graciousness, her lovely wit, her elegant sense of style, her kind heart and for the joy that she brought to family and friends.
These range from Pope Joan (portrayed with a lovely wit by Lucy Briers), who, in the 9th century, achieved the top job disguised as a man, only to be stoned to death when she went into labour during a papal procession, to Lady Nijo, a 13th-century Japanese concubine (portrayed by an hilarious Catherine McCormack) who wound up a wandering Buddhist nun.
He is a tremendous virtuoso, with a lovely, light wit — which, as in Fred Astaire's dancing, makes the virtuosity more impressive, because it looks unforced.
And indeed a respect for uncynical wonder is one of the, so to say, Hall-marks of this production in which Julian Wadham gives a lovely mandarin wit and weight to Theseus's doctrine that the guileless endeavour of the rude mechanicals (a terrific Brummie Crazy Gang of idiosyncratic physical types here) is not something to sneer at.
Keeping her technical virtuosity unobtrusive, Ms. Bouder displayed a lovely delicacy and wit; a contemporary ballerina incarnating a romantic ideal.
It also makes a nice change, considering how the names of its products are usually lacking almost entirely in wit (Lovely Jubblies Breast Cream anyone?).
Her every reference to Jeff Tweedy (who oversaw her latest album, one of the most acclaimed of the year and gave Staples a lovely new standard wit the title track "You Are Not Alone") was greeted with applause.
Sharp-witted, lovely and devoted wife, mother, teacher, saleswoman and community volunteer, she will be forever loved by her family and friends.
Strayhorn's compositions held the edge -- a lovely surprise, that -- while wit (voluptuous wit) and the purest kind of romanticism played back and forth.
Lovely and loving, she could make you laugh with her wit, wonder with her wisdom, and inspire you to greater heights with her vision.
I'd have told you then that he was a beguiling storyteller, a deadpan wit, a lovely soul to mingle with.
