Word: bard
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...three centuries of academic grubbing, scholars have tidied up and clarified William Shakespeare's manuscripts, making archaic words intelligible to the ordinary reader. But the bard's most dedicated fans want their Shakespeare straight. One such was Herbert Farjeon, a British amateur scholar whose special dread was the day when Shakespeare would be read in "Nu Spelin and Nu Punctuashun." In 1933 he brought out not only the handsomest but the best-edited Shakespeare in existence...
Citation: "Great American composer, lyricist, researcher, music editor, music publisher, trumpeter, modern bard and rhapsodist, creative genius and father of a distinct and novel contribution to American culture...
Tradition demands that amateur theatre groups at some point in their careers, produce a play by Shakespear. Actually, no other plays are quite so unsuited to non-professional treatment, because the Bard's familiar plots cannot divert audience attention from the actors' shortcomings. Each viewer is sure that he can--or has--played the role to something near amateur perfection. And heaven help the wretch who falls below this often exaggerated standard...
James Case, Bard College president, believed that a great number of educators would "stand up and be counted" in support of such a development...
...Pennsylvania, Republican Edward Martin, 73, who has not been defeated for political office in half a century of politicking, won again, over former Federal Judge Guy K. Bard. A onetime Democrat and son of a sheep-raiser, Martin turned when Grover Cleveland took the high tariff off imported wool. A wounded veteran of World War I, Martin commanded Pennsylvania's 28th Division (as a major general) prior to World...