Word: portress
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...only poetic justice that several female actresses should excell in this production. Julia Gilbert, as Helen, conveys the beauty of the language as well as the comic, romantic and semi-tragic sides of her personality. The cast as a whole--and particularly Gilbert and Ann Bailen, as the portress--pay careful attention to the Greek meters and rhythm, which speed up or slow down, depending on the feeling the poet wishes to express. The cast manages to convey the plot to the non-Greek audience, and more often than not we are moved by Helen and her plight...
...portress stopped me by the cloakroom at the main entrance. "Where is your pass...
...Protestant nunnery was described in America, urbane Jesuit weekly, by "The Pilgrim"-nom de plume for any staff member. Telling of tramping through Rhode Island, "The Pilgrim" said he came upon a convent, knocked at its door in hope of getting a cup of tea. The convent Portress gave him some. He inquired the name of the sisterhood...
Anecdote: Shrugging her bent shoulders at one of these posters the old portress of an Italian palace said to a U. S. lady calling on her mistress: "Signora, noi siamo in brutte mani! (Madam, we are in ugly hands...
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