Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Local and national members of the fourth estate, attracted by the unusual character of this year's debutante eleven, will not only be on hand for the affair, but have given the fete considerable advance notice.
The character of the modern Don Juan, who is unable to live up to his paradoxically ascetic ideals, has been vulgarized nobly by Maurice Evans. Instead he shows a comically flat and self-conscious hero, who completely lacks the real pathos of the Shavian creation. Emoting in the worst Shakespearean...
By comparison, the character of Beaumarchais remains a paper doll. So do most of Feuchtwanger's supporting players: the pretty Hapsburg queen, Marie Antoinette, with her "Lilac Coterie" of expensive courtiers; the fat and timorous king, who hated rebels on principle; and various noblemen, courtesans, and intriguers of Versailles...
A play that is just two hours long should not attempt to do too much, and this one tries unsuccessfully to combine serious thinking about the problems of a modern, liberal scientist with a pixie-like humor derived from having a character play the scientist's mind. Raymond Massey, as...
Built in 1900 as a students' religious center, the House was named for Phillips Brooks, dedicated to "piety, charity, and hospitality," and is interdenominational in character. In 1904 the Phillips Brooks House Association was formed to work in religious and social service fields.