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Plenty of people have caught Gielgud’s distinctively fluty voice and patrician air, but Gatiss was the emotional anchor of a play that connected with audiences who may have had no idea who Gielgud even was.

Birdsong, a fluty soprano who bore a resemblance to Ballard — the women even had the same shoe and dress size — was professional, poised and well practiced.

With 41 seconds left in the first half between the Rams and the home team San Francisco 49ers, protesters Alex Taylor and Allison Fluty ran across the field holding pink smoke flares, chased by security.

Ms. Fluty was subdued by security, but Mr. Taylor evaded capture.

“This silvery, fluty, bell-like sonority that seemed to be everywhere and nowhere at once.”