The lead cast was completed by a majestic Miss Sherman, repeating her role as presiding spirit.

But then Miss Sherman has made a career of confounding the expectations of her audience.

Miss Sherman is a fascinating dancer whose intensity can be frightening.

Miss Sherman's Medea is a brilliant surface realization at this point.

Miss Sherman's study in envy is not "the thing itself," as Graham would say, but rather a depiction of a jealous woman.

Miss Sherman catches him, and forces him to stand up in front of the class and read from the comic book.

He then accuses her of racism, Miss Sherman slaps him in the face and, shocked by what she has done, runs off.

Miss Sherman enters, sees what he has written, and is deeply touched.

And in both pregnancies, Miss Sherman said: "I really didn't know what was going on.

Now Miss Sherman, who is 18 years old, is pregnant again.