"I'd always like to say I became a Globetrotter because I was theatrical on the front end," Alexander said.
There is Fabian socialism at the breakfast table, William Morris furniture in the parlor and an elaborate Midsummer theatrical on the lawn each June.
And "Psychopolis," a British parody of Los Angeles, ends with a sendup of American violence that seems more theatrical on the page than on the stage.
In ways that underscore the cinematic potential of this story, and would actually seem less theatrical on the screen than they do here, our hero has many ugly encounters with the frothing, drooling, sexually sadistic Japanese officer who has singled him out for special torment.
In true Hercules and Love Affair perception-challenging style, it's Gustaph that hits the high notes of Be With You and scales the climactic euphoria of That's Not Me, while Mary's lower register propels My House and flutters between yearning and theatrical on Painted Eyes.
Prometeo is Nono's magnum opus, a piece he calls a "tragedy of listening", involving a set up that seems theatrical on the face of it, with groups of singers and instrumentalists stationed around the hall and the audience, all projected and manipulated with live electronics.
