Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...machinations by which Rodelinda, the Lombard Queen, rid herself of imposters and became reunited with Bertaric, the rightful king, were by no means the most important aspect of the performance. Handel's plot is blatantly conventional, works its way out leisurely. The imported soloists, headed by Soprano Mabel Garrison, and the choristers from Smith and nearby Amherst wore conventional wigs and furbelows. It was Handel's clear, direct music and the finish with which it was given that won Rodelinda highest praise yet for a Smith premiere from the metropolitan critics. The orchestra, composed mostly of Smith girls...
...Lash", Richard "Barthelmess vehicle, and attempt is made to re-create the conditions that existed in California in 1846 when that Mexican territory was annexed to the United States. The plot is concerned with the efforts of an old feudal family to withstand the introduction of Americans and their ways into their set and radically different mode of life. Barthelmess, as the young Mexican of noble birth, turns outlaw as the result of a beating he receives at the hands of a government official, and roams the countryside trying to preserve his ancestral ranch, and indigenous qualities of his people...
...across the U. S. S. R. to Behring Strait, where they will touch the Alaska lines. The work will be done in five years. Then the exact contour of two-thirds of the earth will be known and the suburban home owner may figure almost precisely how far his plot is from the railroad station and the North Star...
...blamed directly on the quality of presentation; an equal loss of prestige, however, is due to the choice of plays. "B. J. I.," the most recent production, although admirably handled, was admitted, on the whole, to be but a middling play. With the exception of one act, the plot was worthy of little commendation...
This much bruited piece from England has been somewhat misrepresented by those who claimed for its distinction equivalent to its military counterpart, "Journey's End." Nor is the reason for its obvious discrepancies recondite. To use a too hackneyed phrase, the plot lacks human interest. Save for the casual friendship of the English and German Lieutenants upon which the action attempts to be based, there is little beyond its very real thrills and occasional humor to lend it coherence...