Word: monarchism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...whether we put country above right or not, we all want our country to be right, particularly when it is a question of war. Even if one makes one's fatherland monarch of conscience and dictator of action, surely it must be revolting to go killing the enemy when you think he is right. Though all sensible people, as General Wood said, desire peaceful settlement of troubles, yet honest attempts have failed and may fail again. And therefore Plattsburg, the naval cruise, and Harvard's Preparedness Week (with its large bouquets of "easy conscience...
...until this revival, never been acted in Boston--a strange fact when one considers the human interest and particularly the humor that it yields in actual performance. The fat Knight and his followers appear in their most amusing vein; the old King presents a moving figure of a dying monarch and father; and his son, Prince Hal, is a most interesting character study of the mind and heart of one who combines humanity and loyalty...
...scene is laid at the court of King Henry VIII of England at the time when that jovial monarch is enjoying the company of his sixth wife, Catherine Parr. At the court is Godred, a Celtic knight, detained in the palace as a prisoner of war. Godred is a heroic figure; a typical "man who knows no fear...