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Miscast as a morbidly jealous wife, Gertrude Lawrence manages to give her role a lynx-eyed dignity which is an excellent foil for the brittle vibrance of Miriam Hop kins.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miscast American actors clobbered the wit out of Ayckbourn's words.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miscast as an actress, Miss Dahl shows high promise for a career on magazine covers.

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Miscast, mis-kast′, v.t. and v.i. to cast erroneously.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various