Word: gorgeous
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...admirable stage management and lighting of the play is the work of S. Baird '03, who has coached the production. "The chorus sings with vigor and accuracy, and the dances are a blaze of gorgeous color. The six Spanish dancers who appear in the second act, make as handsome a group as has been seen on the Pudding stage in recent years. They are agile and spirited and go about their work with confidence; and it is difficult to watch the performance without forgetting that it is a piece of make-believe. Taken as a whole, "The Lotos-Eaters...
...prefers to deal. To him there is something fascinating in the luxe of modern civilization, which, if too often the hell of less fortunate mortals, can yet be considered the paradise of the rich. Hervieu has described with minute imagery the whole fabric of civilization as some great and gorgeous temple, and in this temple rules, he says, the idol of all time, woman...
...scene of the second act is a finely furnished bedroom within the castle. On one side is a gorgeous bed in which lies Jau. Two servants stand at the bedside, holding silver trays with chocolate and other delicacies. When Jau awakes he does not at first believe what he sees, but is finally persuaded that he is the real prince. Jon Rand prescribes as a tonic a cordial, from the effect of which Jau soon becomes unable to do or say anything correctly...