Word: sancho
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lady's necklace. Came the scene where he sees windmills through the mist, takes them for menacing giants, mounts Rosinante and charges. Rosinante played his part well. It was Dapple the Donkey's turn. With a very old and broken Don Quichotte on his back, led by the faithful Sancho, he started across the stage. Slowly and deliberately he moved until he reached the centre, aspiration of every debutant, haunt of prima donnas and tenors. It suited him, that particular spot. He stopped. Tenderly de Luca coaxed him. Bravely, as bravely as his padded fat form would...
...lady. Back he came with the necklace surrendered to him for the insane simplicity of his request, back to wed his Dulcinea who, kindly for a courtesan, sent him away, back into the forest to die. Florence Easton was Dulcinea, conscientiously seductive; Giuseppe de Luca, the faithful portly Sancho, himself a little mad. The opera, critics agreed, to be of little consequence, save for Massenet's unfailing craftsmanship; endowed with little real beauty, with many melodic bromides?all of which were forgotten in the magnificent impersonation of Chaliapin, one well worth a place beside his Mephistopheles, his Boris...
Melchlor Lengyel's comedy "Sancho Panza," based on an episode of Corvantes' famous novel, and now playing at the Colonial Theatre is most appropriate with its good-natured political satire and its refreshing common sense. Sancho, while governor of the Island of Barataria, deals out justice after the manner of Solomon; sparkling epigrams fall from his lips in scores; his plans for preserving peace are extraordinarily like those of the winner of the Bok Peace Prize, although simpler and some-what more practicable. But withal, the strain of governing is too much for his kindly soul, he gladly relinquishes...
Otis Skinner's characterization of the noted Sancho is remarkable for its ease and simplicity. Always laughable and sometimes exceedingly comical he has an unassuming dignity and a natural shrewdness that instantly win over the grumbling people of Barataria; in the final scene his popularity protects him from the machinations of the ambitious nobles, who seek to usurp the crown. In his comedy parts he is substantially aided by Robert Rosaire, who has the strenuous role of Dapple, Sancho's beloved donkey. But the entire east is a strong one; the performance is smooth and finished, the scenes are spectacular...
...find it hard to leave Sancho's healthy philosophy so soon. It is emphasized by the attitude of one Father Hyacinth who represents quite another view. When the plan to murder the Duke, seize his daughter and take his throne is first revealed in the little circle of plotters, one of the less hardened rebels inadvertently exclaims, "May God forgive us," whereupon Father Hyacinth remarks, "Oh, He will--I can arrange that." It is therefore surprising to find Sancho advocating tax reduction, an eight-hour day and the World Court at a time when the priests still thought they constituted...