Word: robed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Draped in the flowing garments of old India, with a pink muslim toga, which he called "The Robe of Light," looped up on his left shoul der and fastened there with a jeweled pin, an ancient Buddhist priest trod the deck of an ocean liner in New York Harbor. At his feet sa a throng of disciples, catching words of wisdom and blessednes as they fell. Crowding closer cam newspaper reporters, to whom tn ancient one declared that his name was Avagarika Hewarritaina Dharmapala, the central portion of which meant "wanderer," which was what he liked best to be called...
...Merchant of Venice. Clad in a breath-taking scarlet robe, Miss Ethel Barrymore appeared to Mr. Walter Hampden's Shylock a creation of the role of Portia which flamed like the attack of a young and flighty tanager upon an old and steady-going raven. Mr. Hampden's performance was straightforward, stately and without elocutionary claptrap. Miss Barrymore seemed unusually nervous and selfconscious, but swept the audience off its feet with a blazing scintillant triumph in the trial scene...
...candidate who was defeated in 1912 wore a black robe and sat behind a long table. The candidate defeated in 1916 and the candidate defeated in 1924 appeared in long coats of black. Technically they were present as "friends" of the candidate who was defeated...
...production is a risk because it is old fashioned. It is a leisurely piece with a purpose. Brieux, French author of the original, is inclined to propaganda (Damaged Goods and The Red Robe). Modern plays have hurried things up be hind the footlights. If they have a sermon to preach they take care to cast it in intensive words and action. Accused is largely argument, brilliant and searching argument to be sure, but developed in long paragraphs...
Twenty to thirty abreast, white robed unmasked (to conform to a local ordinance), with white peaked hats, white cords around their waists, arms folded, the marchers followed rank on rank. Here and there was color-an imperial robe of crimson or scarlet or green. Everywhere floated American flags. The entire District of Columbia contingent (of about 100) carried each a large flag, gift from the Texas Klans. Other banners showed a masked horseman, a little red schoolhouse, the legend "Non Silbla sed Anthar (Klansmen smirk when asked to translate this; it is not Latin), and the legend...