Word: die
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Never Say Die!" In addition to thus ramming the perfidy of Albion down Albion's throat amid well-bred cries of "Hear! Hear!", the astonishing 45-minute address of Sir Samuel branched into a legal demonstration that the broad principles of The Deal, whatever its defects in detail, are identically the same broad principles enunciated by the League of Nations' Committee of Five...
...Sieglinde in Die Walküre, Flagstad exhibited a voice so clear and powerful, so even throughout its range, so flawless in its phrasing that most critics went ecstatic. Four days later came Tristan und Isolde and all hats were in the air. Flagstad could sing. Though she indulged in no pyrotechnics, she was quietly effective as she raised the cup, offered the love potion to Tristan. Again at the end she reached rare heights when, with her voice still fresh and sure, she kneeled beside Tristan's body and sang the demanding Liebestod...
...most amazing accomplishments were the Brünnhildes in Die Walkiire and Götterdämmerung, the Kundry in Parsifal, roles she had never sung before. Only for these last two did she have the benefit of stage and orchestra rehearsals. But no one could have guessed it. To her colleagues she scarcely seemed human until the final Parsifal when she fell asleep on the stage, almost missed...
Paradise Lost (by Clifford Odets; Group Theatre, producer) is Opus No. 4 in the collected works of a young man who is currently the U. S. Drama's white-haired boy. With two one-acters (Waiting for Lefty, Till the Day I Die) and one full-length play (Awake and Sing!) behind him within a twelvemonth, with his ears ringing with more critical praise than many an older playwright has achieved in a full career, 29-year-old Clifford Odets undertook to explain to metropolitan critics just what his latest play was about. On the eve of Paradise Last...
...reviewers settled in their seats at Paradise Lost ready for almost anything. When they rose after the final curtain, none could deny that plenty had happened. Ben Gordon, an Olympic runner, marries a wench who betrays him, gets shot in a holdup. His brother Julie takes three acts to die of sleeping sickness. His sister...