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actor| Performer who takes one or more role(s) in a play or film. In ancient Greece, the speaking actors were distinguished from the chorus, whereas in ancient Indian and in medieval Japanese drama, singing and dance or stylized movement characterized the performers. Body and (in unmasked drama) facial mobility, vocal control, and an ability to portray character and emotional states are skills that have been held in common by actors throughout the ages. |
Actor| In Greek mythology, son of Deion or Myrmidon, and grandfather of Patroclus, whose descendants were called Actorides. |
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| Here, dispensable host David Alan Grier and unnecessary judge David Foley oversee the proceedings as a series of comic actors are thrown into ridiculous costumes and are plunged, ostensibly unprepared, into comic vignettes with other actors in which the first line of the sketch is, invariably, "Thank God you're here. s most talented comic actors, such as Martin Freeman (The Office), Jessica Stevenson (Bob and Rose), and Olivia Colman (Look Around You), this Christopher Guest-style improv comedy--"conceived" by director Debbie Isitt, as there was no script--can't decide what it wants to be. Not to let Kelley have all the fun with music, those two wild and crazy comic actors Russell Dyball and Angie Riley, who form PotPie, are changing up their act for a Monday show at Sam's Place. |