Word: romanticization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Johnston disagrees with Tyrone Guthrie's ideas about playwriting, which he feels are too romantic and impractical. But he concurs with Guthrie's statement that "the ideal stage production ought to be a cooperative undertaking of four elements--the author, director, actors, and audience."
The sultans decided to choose among themselves by considering each in the order of his precedence, and crossing out the words "suitable" or "unsuitable." Their most senior, His Highness the Sultan of Johore, the world's longest-reigning monarch (since 1895) had declined the post because of his age...
The play is an idealized portrait of the real Cyrano, but is based on as careful research as any of Sir Walter Scott's historical novels. The 17th century is seen through 19th-century eyes, but the Baroque and Romantic eras had almost the same cultural spirit.
In quick succession Shakespeare turned out three romantic comedies around 1600: Much Ado, As You Like It, and Twelfth Night. The last is by far the best; but the second best of Shakespeare--as of Brutus--is impressive. Still, the serious main story of Hero and Claudio in Much Ado...
To Vag's left, the banks of the Charles, bathed in the soft light of a July evening, were covered with an undulating mass of human bodies, and the romantic mixture of perfume and sweat nauseated him slightly. "Obscenity everywhere," thought Vag, and he slowly turned up Plympton Street, feeling...