61.   The film shows a newer, slightly mellower Bond, the actor says.

62.   The other actors said they would miss Braugher, not just for his ability but for his encouragement of their own acting explorations.

63.   The older and wiser actor says he takes it all in stride.

64.   The play depends on clarity, the actors said, and Blakemore hammered the point home during rehearsals.

65.   The real problems arise not in their private lives but in the public arena, the actor says.

66.   The secret is in the listening, say the actors Roberta Maxwell, right, Jean Stapleton, left, and Hallie Foote.

67.   The subject matter is pretty grim, the actor says.

68.   There is also exotic cinematic mood music by Elizabeth Swados, which is used distractingly to underscore and punctuate what the actors are saying.

69.   Those days are over, the actor says calmly.

70.   This kind of give and take, of going through something with an audience, actors say, is entirely lacking in film.