Word: leocadia
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...story is simple: Prince Albert, a young French aristocrat, is totally absorbed in the memory of an eccentric ballerina, Leocadia, who, in a dramatic gesture, strangled herself with her scarf three days after meeting Albert. Albert, thinking himself in love with Leocadia, can do nothing but relieve his three days with her. His old aunt, the Duchess, has bought all the places Albert and Leocadia visited (a nightclub, a park bench, etc.) and placed them on her estate. At the beginning of the play she brings Amanda, a girl who resembles Leocadia, to the estate to complete memory lane. Amanda...
...skill to succeed. her struggle to retain sanity and individuality in the dream world of the Duchess and Albert was contrived and unconvincing. Her anger was that of a little girl-not a woman-and so was her love. At the end of the second day of impersonating Leocadia, Amanda finally objects and asserts herself as an individual. In a long monologue, Albert attempts to explain himself, his love and Amanda's inability to be Leocadia; he actually declares that he loves Amanda (although he doesn't know it). Incensed that Albert doesn't realize that he loves...
...character of Albert also receives a weak reading by Steve Myers. Albert does not really love Leocadia (he admits he can't really remember her any more); he loves the idea of being in love with her. A man in despair who totally abandons himself to this love is ludicrous and pitiful, but also very human. Steve Myers, by making Albert affected and almost effeminate, brings out only the ludicrous in Albert. He fails to transmit the horror and tragedy of the character, and thus does not create a person who is interesting-or worth learning about...
...mussed and damp with fever. Behind him sits the calm doctor, supporting his patient with a strong left arm, gently urging him to drink a tumbler of medicine. There are three figures in Goya's darkened background: a priest, a woman (possibly Goya's cousin and housekeeper, Leocadia Weiss), and a mysterious, gaping head which may be Goya's symbol for death...
...aging Minister interested himself in a pretty girl named Eugénie de Montijo, granddaughter of a U. S. consul whom Irving had known at Malaga. Eight years later she was Empress of France. But Irving's "favorite" was a fun-loving beauty with brooding eyes named Leocadia Zamora. Author Bowers is the first biographer to discover her portrait and her subsequent history. Like Antoinette Bolviller she had a meditative maturity. After Irving left Madrid she appeared less & less in society, finally founded a convent and entered it as mother superior, requiring that her portrait by Madrazo be painted...
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