Word: lyricist
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...years since mordant Lyricist W. S. Gilbert thus mocked Britain's maligned Upper House of Parliament (in lolanthe), Her Majesty's Lords have had less and less to do with the making of British law or policy. Back in 1911, testy Commoner David Lloyd George, with the help of his King, cut the Lords' veto power to a mere delaying action. Six years ago, even their right to delay was curtailed...
MINE THE HARVEST, by Edna St. Vincent Millay, consisted of 66 poems left by the passionate lyricist of the '20s when she died in 1950. No Greenwich Village candle burning at both ends here, but mature contemplation of man and nature and the sad imperfection of both...
...opportunity to judge the accuracy of Critic Lardner's aim. In a new book out this week, 103 Lyrics of Cole Porter (selected by Fred Lounsberry-Random House; $4.50) were clamped between hard covers without so much as an ocarina accompaniment. It is a rare tribute to a lyricist, but it is also a bit of a dirty trick...
...third group, Wanted is the standout. It is unique because it appeals ironically to all uncaught criminals. "He (or she) was last seen hiding out in someone's arms, She (or he) knew nothing of the danger in his (or her) charms." With such powerful metaphors, the lyricist can rouse the emotions of even the most calloused. The muses could not have asked for more, for more, for anything more...
...memorable and magic though she is, Miss Booth almost has the show snatched away from her. Mae Barnes comes on stage to sing two of the show's best tunes, "Happy Habit" and "Hang Up," and she can't get off. If the Boston reception is an accurate barometer, lyricist Dorothy Fields better work out some original encores, because Miss Barnes is called back and back and back. Looking like an ample Earth Kitt, she throws her whole being and all her talent into the numbers and there is plenty of both. Miss Barnes starts, rather than stops, the show...