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With this smartly conceived “Timon” — featuring sparrowlike but mighty British American actress Kathryn Hunter in the title role — he’s letting Shakespeare Theatre Company audiences know the entire canon can run, and cannot hide.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2020

On the word "eye" he stretches the syllable out into a rippling caress, and then turns "He" and "me" into falsetto sparrowlike trilling yodels, rising above the other singers who trundle along faithfully below.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2012

Ms. Metcalf is sharp-featured, sparrowlike and generally glamour-free, a graduate of the down-and-dirty visceral style of the Steppenwolf Theater Company who became famous appearing in a kitchen-sink comedy, the long-running series “Roseanne.”

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2012

Once an athletic 125 pounds, she had dropped to a sparrowlike 85.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2010

Although she weighed just ninety-one pounds, her sparrowlike proportions disguised a formidable resolve; to an astounding degree, Yasuko had been propelled up the mountain by the unwavering intensity of her desire.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer