Word: duke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...architecture has recourse to Moorish arches of the typical multifoil horseshoe type. In keeping with the mellow glow that permeates the script, Armstrong has used light buff walls with abstract Turkish surface decoration--a gold for Duke Orsino's palace, and in pink and blue for Lady Olivia's house...
...sentimental Duke is clothed in rich blue and green brocade, and the garments of his companions are equally handsome, Olivia, in mourning for her brother, wears brown and black, and carries a conical parasol. Her conniving uncle Sir Today, a toper, is a monstrous barrel of rose wine come to life, with a wide sash just barely able to function as a hoop to keep the barrel from bursting. The foolish Sir Andrew is dothed in an orange and claret that are subtly incompatible...
John Cunningham's Duke is clear but tepid. Adolph Caesar brings a rich voice to the Priest, but his make-believe senility is false. Stephen Pearlman's Antonio exhibits acrocious diction and no comprehension. And how could the director allow him to pass right by Viola-Cesario when exiting in pursuit of the look-alike Sebastian without Antonio's batting an eye? The suspension of disbelief can stretch only...
...week Hispanic holiday was intended, after all, as a serious exploration, a college graduation gift from her parents. As History Major Lynda told newsmen on arrival, her aim was "to get to know your country." To this end, Ambassador Duke's pretty wife Robin shepherded her on visits to Madrid's Royal Palace, the Alcazar in Toledo, the palace and mausoleum at Escorial. Wherever she went, the President's daughter displayed unflagging curiosity. Didn't King Philip II have four wives? Why wasn't Philip V buried at Escorial? How come Isabel...
...secular life. He enjoyed it so much that even a case of "that distemper with which Venus plagues her votaries"-the first of a dozen or more attacks of gonorrhea he suffered in his 20s-failed to revive his religious convictions. When a Scottish nobleman introduced him to the Duke of York, Boswell decided that London was the life...