An interesting script, natural direction, and experienced actors carried the recent production of "Talley's Folly-. The Playmakers organization produced the romantic comedy February 13 through 18, 2002. .
Starring Joe Sturgeon, drama teacher, and Ginny Lee, senior, "Talley's Folly- offered laughs, complications, misunderstandings, fears and secrets in only 97 minutes. .
"Folly- also offered limited seating, high temperatures, and sometimes frustrating dialogue. Langford Wilson's script told the story of a 40-something Jewish accountant, Matt Friedman, from St. Louis and the 31 year old nurses maid, Sally Talley, from the small town of Lebanon, Mo. The story, as Sturgeon's character Matt states, "is more of a waltz."".
The play covers one evening, July 4, 1944, in Lebanon, Mo. More specifically, it takes place in the Talley's folly, or boathouse. Matt begins the story with an introduction, the story he tells though, does not match Sally's view of the relationship. .
Having met the previous year, Matt returns to the small town to propose to the woman who has been on his mind ever since. However, this is a more difficult task than it seems. .
The waltz begins quickly, with references to a confrontation at Sally's home between Matt and her family. Sturgeon then slows the dance down, and confronts Sally about her lifestyle, fear of commitment, and liberal political views. .
Humor is found throughout the play. Although most is verbal between the two, one scene in the middle of the play contains Matt donning ice skates in the middle of summer, and proceeds to offer physical shtick. .
Sturgeon offers a genuinely loveable and slightly abrasive performance as Matt. He bonds with the audience immediately, and while his character's tactics are sometimes clumsy and rough the audience never stops cheering him on. His accent and mannerisms are handled very well, and his comic timing is almost perfect.
Talley of New York who explained "If I as an individual have the right to kill in self defense, why has not the state, which is nothing more than an aggregation of individuals, the same right to defend itself against unjust aggression and unjust attack?" ...
Desiderius Erasmus's book, The Praise Of Folly, was written around 1509 and was a look at life in Europe through the eyes of "folly". ... People that engage in their desires are in essence "praising folly" (Radice, electronic version). ... Erasmus expresses similar thought passions, through Folly. ... Erasmus, through the eyes of folly, looks at these men with wonder and disbelief. ... Erasmus speaks with the voice of Folly, who is a woman. ...
In contrast, Desiderius Erasmus uses his character Folly, to voice his many criticisms of the current state of the Christian Church. ... Folly states, "The greater number of them (church figures) insist so vehemently on their own / ceremonies and petty traditions never imagining that / Christ, despising all these observances, will judge by his own standard, / which is that of charity" (63). ... Erasmus was not alone in his dissatisfaction as The Praise of Folly was received well by a large group of Christians, many of whom made up the Protestant Movement of which Erasmus never took part. In...
On how Titicut Follies and Salesman differ we can say any number of things. ... On contrast, Titicut Follies, has no background information so we have no referendum as why our characters are on that setting, and even more, what will happen to them Wiseman was able to get his point thru to the audience; and that is that correctional facilities dehumanize the inmates and that there were severe human rights being infringed on that facility. ...
In The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde uses irony, puns, and humor to show the readers of the follies and social incapability of the acceptance of others different from themselves. ... Lady Bracknell was created solely to show the follies and of British society which criticized much of Wilde's work as liberal and mush whereas Wilde saw them as too conservative up tight, and earnest and really more concerned with statues quo's a social normality than any form of art that he had thought that it had become almost inhuman. ...
The Fool's bitter jests ultimately show King Lear the folly of his action. ... This device works well because The Fool is a peripheral character, as such, he acts as a sought of narrator pointing out the foolishness and folly going on around him. ... We see in King Lear that the Fool constantly reminds the king of his follies through riddles and jokes. ... The audience could wait forever for Lear to figure out his folly. ... We wonder how the Fool will eventually demonstrate the folly to the King. ...
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary calls it "frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly." Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary defines madness as "the quality or state of being mad: as a: rage b: insanity c: extreme folly." If we look at those actions and effects that first bring attention to Tertan's madness, we can superficially make an argument that he is often guilty of extreme folly. ... He is, by definition, an item of extreme folly. We can accept the "extreme folly" as pertaining to Tertan, but it begs of us to answer, "Does his madness require official in...
Response to "Dead Men's Path Shakespeare once wrote, "The common curse of mankind, --folly and ignorance" (Tro. 2.3; Shakespeare). In "The Lottery" Shirley Jackson uses symbolism to point out the folly and ignorance associated with mankind's ability to justify their actions with superstition and tradition. ... When people are brought together by fear and tradition and led with ignorance and folly there is sure to be terrible consequence. ...
