Word: londoners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...talk with her, might find her rather charming--far more so than the literary occupant of the brass bed found her book. Butterfly amours on damasque lawns beneath fragile moons, center stage, are likely to pall at times, especially when there are David Copperfields to visit with as the London Mail swings down the Dover Road...
Professor Samuel Eliot Morison, in his article on Oxford which was reprinted in yesterday's CRIMSON from the London Spectator, pointed out what seems to be the most striking difference between English and American universities. Of English universities Professor Morison said: "They are not expected to be all things to all men; nor is admission to their colleges demanded as a right." The reverse of this statement is true of American universities...
...VORTEX-London society at decadent, amusing and finally fearfully moving moments. Noel Coward, actor and author...
...comparison of the American and English stages," he continued, "shows that we have much in common. The Americans excel above all in character acting. The two great successes in London in the past year have been Lucille Laverne in Sunup," and John Barrymore in the Shakespeare plays. On the other hand, the success of an English actor seems to lie in his ability to portray the everyday man as he is. Cyril Maude, for instance is praised for his acting as Cyril Maude, and not for any particular part he takes...
Questioned as to whether this applied to American drama, he replied, "Drama in the United States is a business. Rehearsals are continued in long sessions until the thing is done night. The center of drama has moved from London to New York, and the American people have passed the English in enthusiasm for the theatre...