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First prize winner in the Bowdoin Awards is Ivan Nabokoff '53. Nabokoff gets $500 for his essay, "Alms for Oblivion: John Marston's Dutch Courtezan and the Satiric Drama...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bowdoin, 3 Other Awards Reported | 5/13/1953 | See Source »

...thin compared to the others; supreme in looks and in singing is Muriel Angelus, as Adriana. Too much cannot be said in her praise, for her appearance is a delight to the eyes and her voice a treat to the ears. Betty Bruce, however, as the Courtezan, runs Miss Angelus a close second; her dancing gives a life to the show whenever she performs, and she has a demoniacal expression and movement which, to say the least, is disconcerting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 11/8/1938 | See Source »

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