Act III returns to the 1919 birthday party, showing how that pivotal evening ended, the audience now knowing how the future played out.
Priestley's intriguing gimmick was to return in Act III to the birthday night of 1919, showing how that pivotal evening ended, the audience now knowing how the future played out.
The resulting injustices include the closure of the only Basque-language daily newspaper, the banning of Batasuna for not condemning Eta (leading to the disenfranchisement of 15% of Basques), and the recent 10-year conviction of Arnaldo Otegi – the Batasuna leader who has arguably been most pivotal in ending the violence.
First and foremost, goals were pivotal at both ends.
So the opera had to come back to Salzburg, where the nudity took center stage, or rather stage right, where Nina Stemme, a soprano, stripped down in the pivotal scene that ends Act II.
Mr. Kheel, who played a pivotal role in ending newspaper, teacher and subway strikes in New York, was the go-to guy for mayors, labor leaders and business executives during the post-World War II era, when unions were far more powerful than they are now and a savvy, respected ringmaster was often needed to pressure and cajole all sides to reach a settlement.
As if in support of his question, he brought up stories that I've shared at my seminars related to my two pivotal life moments: the end of a long relationship in a short marriage and the end of a career as a studio executive after 15 years.
He was pivotal in helping Boston end its 86-year World Series championship drought.
One pivotal scene at the end of "Shame," in which Carey Mulligan was soaked in fake blood, "took me to the most desolate place," she said.
In Kamila Shamsie's "Burnt Shadows", September 11th becomes a pivotal event at the end rather than the beginning of the book.
