Yet none has given either the role, or Sondheim's enduring anthem to disappointment, quite the edge of irony, wit or sudden vulnerability which Dame Judi Dench brings to both".
Over the next twenty-five yeaRobinobin and I became good friends, and I grew to appreciate — no less than the brilliance of his wit and his sudden, explosive improvisations — his wide reading, the depth of his intelligence, and his humane concerns.
"An old hand at Shakespeare, [he] brings a fine mixture of wit, cynicism and sudden love-struck wonder to Benedick, speaks the language with Scottish-accented clarity, and proves highly sympathetic but never ingratiating," Spencer writes, before adding: "I have reservations about Tate, however.
Over the next twenty-five yeaRobinobin and I became good friends, and I grew to appreciate no less than the brilliance of his wit and his sudden, explosive improvisations his wide reading, the depth of his intelligence, and his humane concerns.
TAYLOR--Brainerd Ocampo, of New York City and New Boston, NH, died of a sudden infection, February 8. His exceptional grace, wit, charm and intelligence endeared him to all who knew him.
He has the teasing wit that Farruquito amplified gorgeously with sudden backward tilts and a bent-knee run à la Groucho Marx, which took nothing away from his nobility.
With wit, a flair for innovative composition, sudden shifts in perspective and skilled coloring he turned out arresting views with lyrical overtones, and became immensely, even glibly, productive.
Sandler shifts moods adroitly; he surprises us with his sudden outbursts, in which a comic's timing turns bitterness into wit.
They love the man they call the Straw Dog, love him for his street wit in the locker room, love him for the sudden whip of his bat on the field.
His wit and humour were right there, then all of a sudden he'd pop into a conspiracy theory and then pop right back.
