Word: performance
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Devil Passes? Having already been privileged to watch a jolly, wobble-headed God perform in the Theatre Guild's He this season, and having chosen to neglect Him after a brief run, Manhattan theatregoers may now witness the Devil walking the earth like a natural man. The Old Harry in the latest offering of Playwright Benn W. Levy (Springtime for Henry, Mrs. Moonlight} is none other than matinee idolized Basil Rathbone. Christened facetiously Rev. Nicholas Lucy, Mr. Rathbone has been sent among mortals by Playwright Levy to tempt them, and in so tempting to demonstrate that the practice of virtue...
Last year the Club brought Blanche Yurka to Boston in "Electra," setting itself the precedent of annually sponsoring a well known company in Boston theatres. In getting these Shakesperian players to perform here, the Club is backing a widely known Shakesperean producer, recently knighted by King George for his services to the drama...
...working on is a cause of much concern to his great brother-in-God, Pope Pius XI. The Archbishop and the Pope have never met, doubtless never will; but if they should, they might well - much as great rival bankers might discuss a merger each has been trying to perform before the other-discuss the matter of the old Orthodox Eastern Church and to which realm (Rome or England) it is to be united. In his encyclical of last fortnight, the Pope earnestly beckoned to his "su-preme chair of truth" all non-Roman sects, with special...
...Vaslav Nijinsky was by no means unique in turning from dancing to painting. Dancers in the U. S. who have been converted to camas include Paul Swan and Hubert Stowitts. Slim, classic-featured Mr. Swan used to perform rhythmic rites in dark theatres on Sunday nights. Now he covers large canvases with intricate designs, all highly symbolical. Before he turned to painting racial types of India Mr. Stowitts attracted considerable attention in the Parisian press by posturing at private parties completely nude and painted blue. Historian Hendrik Willem van Loon's son Willem Gerard van Loon reversed the process...
...Russia has legalized abortions. Operations are performed openly in hospitals by expert technicians. Russia's maternal mortality is now definitely lower. ¶Very few doctors can escape being begged to perform abortions some time during their careers. Many furtively accommodate the suppliants. But their technique is unsure. Medical schools should teach their students just how best to do an abortion, whether or not they intend to use the knowledge...