Word: lyricized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...quality Housman always lacked-the pure genius for simple, limber speech, untroubled by literature. But all that can be done by lyric inspiration under literary control he did in such a poem...
They will also get a reminder of the little-known, proud, self-secluded man who was not only one of England's finest lyric poets, but also one of the three or four great classical scholars of our time. His scholarly notes, reviews, letters and conversation contained a deftness of wit which Pope could hardly equal, and blasts of virulence which Swift could hardly surpass. But the anniversary chiefly celebrates Housman's poetry. Why has it been so much loved, by so many; and how, after 50 years, does it stand...
Nancy Donovan combines her fine lyric soprano voice with a winsome personality, good looks, and real acting talent in an excellent performance as Martha. She is ably seconded by Robert Pitkin (of "my object all sublime" fame), Le Roi Operti, Betty Luster, and several others. But Robert Douglas is sadly inadequate as the opera singer who is Martha's first love; he is fat with disturbing regularity, and his vocal shortcomings are not overcome by other saving graces...
Mistinguett, whose lyric legs drew ahs and ohs before Chevalier ever saw a razor, was finally being typecast. The ancient musicomedienne's next Paris show, hopefully titled Life Begins Tomorrow, would show her as an octogenarian...
...Piece of Lace. New York discovered Danny Kaye the same night he discovered himself. A song written by Sylvia was the catalyst. Called Stanislavsky, it kidded the great entrepreneur of the Moscow Art Theater, whose "method," according to Sylvia's lyric, consisted of teaching drama students...