Word: oriana
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lovefest came as a complete surprise to Atkinson, an inveterate party-dodger, who was lured to the restaurant by his author-wife, Oriana. The "sentimental works," as Variety called it, included a citation from Actors Equity, encomiums from such absent admirers as William Saroyan and Clifford Odets, and a letter in which choleric Irish Playwright Sean O'Casey grew moist-eyed over Critic Atkinson's "splendid defense" of the theater "throughout the times of many great events, alarums, sennets and disputes...
...Triumphs of Oriana (Randolph Singers conducted by David Randolph; Westminster, 2 LPs). Thirty-two madrigals commissioned in honor of the first Queen Elizabeth. The songs were written by 16th century composers, who were allowed to choose their own texts but were asked to end all with the refrain...
Then sang the shepherds and nymphs of Diana: Long live fair Oriana...