Sentence examples for perform an impression from inspiring English sources

Once the play was written, and liked, and then programmed, I was keen we found an actor to play Charles who knew Shakespeare – who could take on this part like any role – seriously, and follow the clues in the text, rather than perform an impression or parody of Charles the man.

Wearing only swimming trunks, he also performs an impression of King Edward of Wales and of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Impressionist Francine Lewis performed an impression of Dot Cotton in the seventh series of Britain's Got Talent.

For Bob's voice, Grammer performed an impression of theatre actor and director Ellis Rabb.

A bald guy put on his best Ching-Chong-Ding-Dong voice and performed an impression of a cat-eating chef at a Chinese restaurant.

It is the convention of awards-ceremony etiquette for the winner to perform a convincing impression of bashful disbelief.

Brian Fallon delivers it, audaciously and convincingly, from the perspective of what appears to be a long-suffering woman wearied of waiting for some vainglorious musician to pull himself together, while behind him this fine band perform a plausible impression of Spector doing Springsteen.

Performing an Al Jolson impression aged three at a family New Year party.

Bobby Moynihan then performs his own Jagger impression and sings "Sympathy for the Devil," and although he bungles the impersonation, replaces most of the lyrics with "sympathy for the devil" and eventually falls asleep, Kristen Wiig is so taken by a man performing a Jagger impression that she says she might have sex with him.

There is an insurpressible feeling of naughtiness around Camp In, like sixth form students about to perform a really spot-on impression of the headmaster at an all-school revue.

The recording of an Atlanta performance from her recent tour includes standup and musical interludes from her new album of the same name, with guest appearances by her tourmate, musician Jon Brion (including one where they perform a duet while doing impressions of their mothers).