Word: portrayers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wished to accompany King Boris to the United States to find him an American queen. Another report has it that he wished to make King Boris abdicate so that he could become King of Bulgaria. The greatest value of these yarns, as they probably are, is that they faithfully portray the character of the man. He was in the habit of speaking with almost brutal directness, i. e., his warning to King Ferdinand in September, 1915: " If you plunge this country and its peace-loving people into an unnecessary war, Sir," he said, " you will pay for it with your...
...slightest inappropriate gesture, have made the Moscow Art Players the most finished group of actors on the modern stage. But they are more than highly polished puppets; they are artists chosen for their ability "to synchronize their own feelings with those of the role." They are asked to portray only those characters whose experiences in some way resemble their own. Indeed, the nearest English equivalent to the Russian wording for acting is the phrase "deep feelings...
...famous Wertheimer portraits by John Sargent, American, are once more the nine days' talk of London. Extremely unflattering, scrupulously accurate, they portray the immediate family of a distinguished English Jew, Asher Wertheimer. They were hung Jan. 8 in the National Gallery, and with the event John Sargent became a classic in his own lifetime. Now a strong group in the House of Commons seeks their removal...
...dull reading to be done here, but the amount of "good reading" is considerable and requires the type of student who reads easily and enjoys it. Lastly, this is not a field which attempts to straddle two other departments. It is an entity in itself. Its ideal is to portray an epoch in man's development from as many sides as possible; to take a portion of the life of the Past and, as Matthew Arnold said, "to see life clearly and see it whole...
...handled by the St. James players. Although this week's piece deals with the usual scenes of country life, it is strangely enough, interestingly built and fairly void of the made-to-order villagers who usually are intended to typify the rural life. The Boston Stock Company does not portray theatre country-folk; but goes deeper and gives a sketch of typical country life. In fact, one is not once reminded of the slapstick country rube nor is the comic hired man nor the old skinflint, foiled by the gallantry of the brave hero, dragged painfully into the scenes...