Word: deviling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...twilight realism" that comes from the lower depths of Gorki's subterranean cellar or from the cherished charm of Chekhov's cherry orchard. Now at last we have a whack at a play by the most active leader in the revolt against all this realism, by that dare-devil of the Russian drama Nicolai Nicolaevich Evreinov--or Yevreynoff, if that spelling gives you more of the thrill of the exotic and esoteric...
...Juan is discovered on the brink of Hell; he obtains from the Devil ten years' respite; and is finally seen as the ten years end. The Devil brings back to damn him the 1,003 women whom he deceived in life...
...line in the text; greater beauty of line, mass and color in the settings of James Reynolds. Philosophical sagacity and finesse are provided in the argument, but the acting too often bleaches the brilliance of these formidably favorable factors. Stanley Logan and Augustin Duncan play Don Juan and the Devil; Mr. Logan gives a rather inept performance; Mr. Duncan only a fairly good...
...being told. And Mrs. Celia Cyril (whoever she was) seemed enchanted with John K. Petre (whoever he was). The two ex-chancellors agreed, the Old Cabinet Minister hemmed affably. So the little grey man guessed he was John K. Petre without doubt, evidently a U. S. millionaire and a devil of a fellow for secrecy and mystification. He kept his counsel, was enigmatically acquiescent with the broker chap. He made thousands in Touaregs (whatever they were), millions on the Paddenham Site (for some reason), millions more in Rotors (strange as it seemed...
...screws his limbs, contorts his body-a demon who causes him to bite his own tongue, eject the contents of his bowels and bladder, to bubble at the mouth with foam until his aspect becomes so shocking that it may well induce a similar attack in the beholder-this devil-ridden man may be an epileptic...