Word: pit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pelleas et Melisande, the first French work ever done at Glyndebourne. The dreamily romantic settings, highlighted by ingenious lighting effects, perfectly conveyed the sense of medieval wonder that is an important part of the opera. The cast had been painstakingly and expertly drilled by Conductor Vittorio Gui. In the pit the Royal Philharmonic sounded first-rate-particularly so in a theater whose sharp acoustics are ideally adapted to Debussy's richly inlaid instrumental patterns...
Ohirl's damn-the-torpedoes style of broad jumping is a joy to watch; he crashes into the pit practically head first, to get every last inch out of his leap...
17th & Last. The race was only eight laps old when Moss, brakes squealing, pulled into the pits. His throttle linkage was fouled; his gearbox was jammed tightly in fourth. By the time the pit crew, working furiously, had repaired the car, Moss's position was hopeless: he was 17th and last, more than three laps behind the leader, Hill. "What are you going to do?" asked a friend. Said Moss, with a wicked grin: "Have a bloody...
...Goodwood circuit, with its six corners and dangerous, S-shaped chicane, he drove with awesome speed. Relentlessly, he closed the gap on Hill: from 17th, he moved up to 15th, then 13th, 11th and 9th. He saluted as he passed other cars and waved to Mechanic Robinson in the pits. "Stirling is driving incredibly," reported the track announcer from his vantage point in a tower. "He's taking the corners faster than ever before." In a Lola, Britain's John Surtees sped to a new lap record of 1 min. 23.6 sec. Moss...
Quite apart from the tactfully undrawn color line of its interracial love affair, No Strings arrived on Broadway with a fanfare of anticipation about new musical comedy techniques. The orchestra has been hauled out of the pit, the bulk of it invisibly placed at the side of the stage and seven men planted downstage. Some of the time these minstrels wander about, some of the time they huddle around a table like displaced poker players. The cast and chorus nimbly change settings, rotating panels and moving other airily designed scenic props. The dances bear Joe Layton's inventive signature...