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Boreham House has stood in Essex County, England, since 1728. It has had many masters. Yet last week Essex County was more excited than ever before when it heard that Boreham House will soon have yet another master walking through its handsome halls, inspecting its heronry (one of four in the County), tramping its grounds. For Boreham House's new owner, it was revealed last week, is Henry Ford. His English factory is also in Essex...
...chief concern of the play is the liaison between Elizabeth and her ubiquitous lover, Lord Essex, and its disruption, the result of treason on the part of that famous noble. Like all historical plays interest is created by court intrigue and diplomacy. "Richelieu" and "Disraeli," of the same nature enjoyed, and still enjoy a certain popularity. But these two were written by men who knew both history and the stage. Dramatic effects were deftly and delicately manipulated in order to lend strength and verisimilitude to what were otherwise essentially elementary plots. Maxwell Anderson, on the other hand, possesses a wavering...
...play in three acts by Maxwell Anderson, now being presented by the Theatre Guild, Inc., of New York at the Colonial Theatre, with the following cast: Elizabeth Lynn Fontanne Lord Essex Alfred Lunt Francis Bacon Morris Carnovsky Lord Burghley Edward Fielding and others...
Companion Essex Super-Six has more comfortable upholstery, slightly changed body lines, and a new high-compression motor equipped with three-jet carburetor, an oil-saving piston ring, other power-producing features...
Elizabeth The Queen is a sabre-rattling, pompous historical pageant which relates Maxwell Anderson's idea of the love of the Virgin Queen for the Earl of Essex. Author Lytton Strachey's notion to the contrary, Mr. Anderson's Elizabeth (Lynn Fontanne) and Essex (Alfred Lunt) are heroic amorists whose sturdy devotion is thwarted only because they love power more. To indicate her robustness Mrs. Lunt feels called upon to pitch her usually pleasant voice very deep in her throat and to speak her lines as loudly as possible, the effect of which is not unlike...