Sentences with phrase «playing lark»

Winfried is a kind of Teutonic Baloo the Bear in human form who treats life as a role - playing lark.

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In Jean Anouilh's play «The Lark,» the inquisitor declares in effect that the thing which made Joan of Arc dangerous was not that she had visions, but that she had dared to trust in herself as a human being.

In 1981 Mike Cunning first played in the Far East as a lark.

I mean, if it weren't for George, playing in America would just be a bloody lark, wouldn't it?»

The spark is gone, and nowhere is that more apparent than in «Unfinished Business,» a so - called comedy that has been marketed as a bawdy, dudes - on - a-business-trip lark, but instead plays like a largely unfunny drama that snuffs out any vitality Vaughn might have possessed.

While Willis continues to phone in his performance with the same on - screen persona he's been giving us for the last decade or two, the other main actors get their chances to shine, especially an always fun Helen Mirren (Monsters University, Hitchcock) and John Malkovich, who know well enough to play to the audience that they know that the movie they're in is meant to be nothing but a hammy lark.

«He's really difficult to write for,» said Whedon, who suggested the initial Avengers cameo almost as a lark, though the character has become pivotal to most Marvel movies since then, as Thanos (played by Josh Brolin) pursues six Infinity Stones that have now popped up in places like Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor: The Dark World.

So it is an absolute delight that Porcunipine by developer Big Green Pillow has waddled onto the scene to remind us of those halcyon days of folks huddled around a computer, having a good old lark while they engage in compelling competitive play.

As for the short film that occupies the latter 50 minutes or so, it's a tale of corporate intrigue featuring unknown but game actors, playing out a sexual blackmail that feels more the lark for the context provided by the attendant documentary.

«Reach Me» is an indie comedy whose primary virtue is its cast, well - known actors who took small roles on a lark — a chance to play against «type.»

A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert The Help by Kathryn Stockett The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger Lark and Termite by Jayne Ann Phillips The City & The City by China Mieville The Girl Who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson

So it is an absolute delight that Porcunipine by developer Big Green Pillow has waddled onto the scene to remind us of those halcyon days of folks huddled around a computer, having a good old lark while they engage in compelling competitive play.

Recent roles and collaborations include: Midtown International Theater Festival, O'Neill Theater Center, LARK Play Development Center, NYC Euripides Festival (Phaedra), Orlando (PointB Studio), Target Margin Theater, Bushwick Starr, HERE Arts Center, 3LD, Dixon Place.Training: Yale University, Moscow Art Theater (Russia).