Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...critics' choice for the finest actor on Broadway was very enthusiastic about the research he had to do for his present role. "I spent several months reading every bit of available material I could find on Lincoln," he said, "for I had a very difficult task before me in trying to convince the critics that a Canadian could successfully undertake so American a role...
...examine the field of first team actors, now appearing on Broadway, you will find that very few attended college. From a close examination it would seem that college makes very little difference to a star, but four years of University training means a great deal to a bit player...
Massey said that although it might seem paradoxical that the stars could be comparatively uneducated compared to the bit players, it really heralded a new movement in the theatre. The next generation of stars, claimed Mr. Massey, will be college trained, almost without exception...
John Dryden, political coupleteer extraordinary, wrote the libretto which Purcell set. It was originally intended as a glorification of James II, but since it appeared after the Glorious Revolution, it suddenly lost every bit of political significance. It also lost any legendary accuracy, and emerged as a merry little fantasy about fairies and such, rather in the spirit of Shakespere's "Tempest." The work was immediately taken to the English national heart, and it remained popular for several centuries, provoking a number of revivals. Few of this generation have heard it, since the last presentation...
...forced on Bert Lahr, who has been transported from his usual garden of foolery to the role of Zaza's faithful partner. Even the erratic foibles of Helen Westley fail to inject a real sparkle into the picture. With a more personable male lead, and a plot just a bit more complicated than its two-sided triangle, "Zaza" might have provided real film relish...