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...upon a pole on London Bridge for several months for all to see; the Inns of Court, in which were trained not only centuries of English jurists but also six signers of the Declaration of Independence-Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward Jr., Thomas Lynch Jr., Arthur Middleton, Thomas M'Kean and William Paca; and finally the sweeping green of Runnymede Meadow, 20 miles west of London, where the embattled barons prevailed upon King John to sign Magna Carta in 1215 ("To no one will we sell, to no one will we deny, or delay, right or justice"), where the great...
What are the chief requisites for a great actor or actress? "Most people will list a great voice and a good-looking body," he said. "But the greater performers have lacked one or both of these--David Garrick, Edmund Kean, Eleanora Duse, Pauline Lord and Helen Hayes, for example." In the movies, even such "good but not great actors" as Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable and John Garfield were not able to get anything but villain roles for a long, long time...
...character; he creates a new human being." From the 18th century he cited the example of David Garrick's interpretation of King Lear, in which Garrick "showed for the first time the whole process though which a person actually goes insane." And from the 19th century he mentioned Edmund Kean's conception of Shylock as an Italian Jew only 38 years old, and said he wished somebody else would dare to try this approach sometime...
Kelvin L. Kean...
...yard low Hurdles--Downs (H), 25.7 sec.; 220-yard dash--Liles, 22.3 sec.; Discus Throw--Digman (A), 123 ft., 9 in.; 880-yard Run--Cahn (H), 2.05; Pole Vault--Halaby (H), 11 ft., 6 in.; Broad Jump--Liles (H), 21 ft., 2 in.; High Jump--Kean...