Word: accent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There are also interludes of dullness which can easily be cut out. A. E. Thomas. writer of the play, follows the custom of this season by prowling onto the stage himself. He impersonates a Vermont district attorney with an accent which he must have learned in the damp parlors of Manhattan...
...grew up in Trieste (Austrian then, Italian now) and learned to speak Italian perfectly and German with an Italian accent. There is no anecdote to account for his becoming an actor; he merely decided to be one and began to play in Prague, with Angelo Neumann's stock company. Later, he decided to go to Berlin and there he met Max Reinhardt...
...Reinhardt, like all great theatrical impresarios, possesses the most subtle of all talents, that of recognizing genius. It was a question of time until Moissi should become famous; at first, his Italian accent made him unpopular; then, little and ugly and sad, he became a matinee idol; at last German critics, who are to other critics as the snail is to the turtle, awarded him their approval...
...Oxford students supported the affirmative, won the debate by vote of the audience. Fluent, suave Mr. Lennox-Boyd was first speaker. Witty, he amused the audience by describing the difficulties of speaking with an English accent to citizens...
...vote was taken to determine the winners. Fluent, suave Mr. Lennox-Boyd was first speaker. Witty, he amused the audience by describing the difficulties of speaking with an English accent to citizens...