In a book, an incidental figure makes exactly the impact that the author permits them, but, in theatre, the casting of a brilliant young actor in a small role or an under-powered performer in a larger one can significantly change the balance of the narrative.
In my RSC days, Samuel Beckett's line "God, the bastard - he doesn't exist" was removed because the lord chamberlain decreed that the theatre was not permitted to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the Almighty.
This seems to cast doubt that a single government request permits wholesale monitoring of an entire population's activity.
THE SINGLE JOKE A brilliant, time-saving device with pleasing diplomatic overtones: from 1999, no country will be permitted to cast aspersions on the height, diet, driving skills, or sexual stamina of another.
Voters from areas most affected by Hurricane Sandy will also be permitted to cast a provisional ballot at any polling place in the state, regardless of where they are registered to vote.
Candidates are feverishly appealing to independents ahead of the primary on Tuesday in New Hampshire, where unaffiliated voters are permitted to cast ballots in either party's contest.
But the casting of Don Warrington in the central role permits Talawa's artistic director, Michael Buffong, to pursue the conjecture that black people were not alien to our ancient past, merely insufficiently recorded in its history.
Those registered as unaffiliated will be permitted to cast ballots.
Voters will be permitted to cast a provisional ballot in person at any polling place in the state, regardless of where in the state they are registered to vote.
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