Word: broadness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...both settings, Mr. Andrew has used the broad arched wings which became a convention in the Italian theatre during the 18th century and which are still seen in Italian opera. Behind these wings are placed the backgrounds which comprise the two sets...
...first scene represents a typical street in Venice during its gay carnival time. On one side of the stage is the stately house of a rich Bolognese doctor, with an arched doorway, and a broad balcony looking down upon the stage. Across the way is the entrance to an inn, the "Aquila D'Ors". Between the two buildings are steps and an embankment, which suggest the presence of a canal, and above which may be seen a deep expanse of sunny Venetian...
...light comedy effects of the play are heightened by the warm color scheme in the opening scene. The settings are designed in straight lines, with broad, flat surfaces, painted in clear, bright colors...
...unhappy and conflicting diversity of religious beliefs, and the unhappy and conflicting diversity of social and political theories, find their reconciliation and their unity in the University, whose frame is so secure, so broad and so generous that there is room in it for each and all of these if only they be held in sincerity and pursued in a spirit of truth-seeking and of service...
...there has been a strong feeling, whether unfounded or not, that the Union has adopted a somewhat narrow and illiberal attitude in passing on prospective speakers. Some undergraduate have gotten the impression that the governing board is more occupied in guarding them against "dangerous doctrine" than in providing a broad and varied schedule of speakers; the proviso in question may accentuate this feeling. But if the governing board adopts a liberal and reasonable attitude under the present reservation nobody will gainsay its justice. In this as in the broader question of the choice of regular Union speakers, everything depends...