Word: caffari
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Eagerly, the cast studied their parts. Ezzio Caffari, the bootmaker, kept his eyes on the script as he worked, glanced only now & then at the nails he drove into the boots. "If some of them stick out it may hurt a bit," he said, "but they'll know it's for the cause." After only four days of preparation, the show was set to open. The whole village turned...
...robes and cardboard helmets. Who cared if now & then they glanced at the scripts in their hands? The play concerned a Roman senator who is to make a speech in favor of the Christians. Pagan priests kidnap the senator's daughter (played by Riofreddo's only blonde). Caffari, the bootmaker, playing the senator's role, lifted trembling hands to heaven. Said he: "Though my daughter shall suffer, I will do my duty and speak! I am a Christian!" But the Christians rescue the girl and convert the chief of their persecutors...
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