Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...production of La Perichole, with the Offenbach score and with what amounted to an entire re-writing of the Meilhac-Halevy libretto by Director Dantchenko himself, proved to be an unadulterated source of enjoyment to all except strict operatic purists. The setting, which depicted a market place in ancient Lima, Peru, was in the best Russian tradition of a colorful and decorative, essentially two-dimensioned background. And against it the elaborate perfection of the actors' costume and make-up? created a Rembrandt effect of warmth and color...
Draped in the flowing garments of old India, with a pink muslim toga, which he called "The Robe of Light," looped up on his left shoul der and fastened there with a jeweled pin, an ancient Buddhist priest trod the deck of an ocean liner in New York Harbor. At his feet sa a throng of disciples, catching words of wisdom and blessednes as they fell. Crowding closer cam newspaper reporters, to whom tn ancient one declared that his name was Avagarika Hewarritaina Dharmapala, the central portion of which meant "wanderer," which was what he liked best to be called...
...lashing with knotted cords, wielded by women, is funny will never occur to the Priest of Bonbon. For it was he who was thus scourged. But set in the headlines of the New York World, this bit of medieval calisthenics requires a civilized smile at the futility of ancient tortures...
January 8 Authors, Ancient and Modern from 2 to 4 o'clock in Emerson...
...Saturday, January 2, the Duc de Trevise discussed ancient monuments of France before the Alliance Francaise in Boston...