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Lovers of the madrigal will take particular delight in a number of the first editions of the English composers William Byrd, Thomas Morley, Thomas Watson, and John Amner. In addition to Byrd's first editions are shown a set of four part-song manuscripts of his madrigals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections & Critiques | 11/29/1938 | See Source »

Oscar Wilde. An honest play enlivened with Wilde's own wit, enriched with Robert Morley's superb acting (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Season's Best in Manhattan | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

America's Town Meeting of the Air (Thurs. 9:30 p. m. NBC-Blue) opens its fourth radio season with Journalist Anne O'Hare McCormick, Columnist Hugh Samuel Johnson. Editor Felix Morley. Subject: "Where Will The Munich Settlement Lead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Programs Previewed: Nov. 7, 1938 | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

...Miss Shearer's leading man, does not give her the support she deserves. His portrayal of Court Fersen is un convincing; in the emotional heights of tender love scenes, he appears stiff and wooden. What the film suffers in this respect, however, is more than compensated for by Robert Morley in his role as Louis XVI. This young actor does a masterful picturization of the loyal, but pathetically simple King, who would rather fashion wooden soldiers than attend to affairs to state...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/3/1938 | See Source »

...honest, nimble play, Oscar Wilde is made a much more important one by British Actor Robert Morley's performance of the title role. Already known to U.S. cinemagoers for his fine Louis XVI in the current Marie Antoinette, Morley achieved stage fame overnight for his Oscar Wilde. From start to finish he is Wilde: whether softly purring his feline epigrams ("Frank [Harris] is asked to all the best houses-once"; "One must have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell without laughing"); or fighting in court, desperate and cornered, for his freedom; or sinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 24, 1938 | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

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