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The staging, arranged around striking tableaux, is at once cinematic and fleetly theatrical.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 26, 2026

He held up a hand, smiling fleetly at Pence.

From New York Times Oct. 23, 2018

In the bathtub, Bella hummed to herself: “I’m glad to go, I cannot tell a lie. I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly.”

From The New Yorker May 1, 2017

Under Jeremy Herrin’s assured direction, the plays barrel fleetly and fluidly through the tumultuous events of the reign of England’s papal adversary and serial husband, King Henry VIII.

From Washington Post

Frankie’s hands move fleetly, but I’ve got a good eye.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz




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