What he hasn't done is create specific, full-bodied characters.

But if her reckless behavior damns her, it also makes her a full-bodied character.

The transformation is a touch pat and Klavdia herself, though played with skilled restraint by the full-bodied Nonna Mordukova, never becomes a full-bodied character.

"Barney is a full-bodied character," Mr. Bass said.

One hesitates to call it a dummy because that could describe any one of Mr. Sheeley's six, full-bodied, though thoroughly stock, characters.

In plum bread pudding or pear tarte-tatin, for example, the bourbon, which is aged in charred white-oak barrels, imparts a lusty, full-bodied character to the taste.

In a relatively brief time on stage, he creates a full-bodied character -both moralistic and rash - and, in this instance, Mr. Stehlin rises to meet the acting challenge.

Squires' deft plotting and full-bodied characters make this whirlwind adventure worthwhile.

Like Big Bird or Bear from Bear in the Big Blue House, Snook is a full-bodied character (the only one not requiring 3 performers).

From this richly textured background, Airth draws a vivid cast of full-bodied characters and a plot that satisfies on two levels.