Word: scenically
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...belief that Alaska is a land of ice and snow, people solely by a few Eskimo tribes is quite incorrect. Many districts are similar to the Eastern part of the United States and compare very favorably in the matter of climate. Moreover, it is a region full of scenic beauties whose variety is probably not surpassed in any other single part of the earth...
Jonel Jorgelesco, scenic designer at the Repertory Theatre, will speak at a meeting of the Deutcher Verein this evening at 3 o'clock in Holyoke...
...main item of interest in Charlotte, aside from the natural beauties--all scenic, is character or local color. Foremost in giving Charlotte its fame is a gentleman, called by the more jocose, Gawdammit, mainly because of his continuous invocations to that deity in the course of his conversation. I remember one summer evening when I met him in front of Breezy Point Library, a euphemism, where there was an entertainment. Said Gawdammit, "Thar be a big crowd here tonight -- -- -- yes sir. Had I a known about it I'd has brought the old woman over for a time...
Despite the flaunting settings of the late scenic designer Leon Nicolaievich Bakst, the audience kept its eyes upon d'Annunzio and off the stage. Mindful of the warnings of their priests, they listened to the Debussy score as little as possible and almost completely ignored the singers, among whom was Madame Ida Rubinstein of Paris. Only when an opportunity to cheer d'Annunzio occurred, did the audience seem in the least at ease. It rose time and again to acclaim...
...past month the famed showman, Morris Gest, has been endeavoring to convince Manhattanites that the Moscow Art Theatre Musical Studio of M. Vladimir Nemirovitch-Dantchenko (cofounder of the Moscow Art Theatre with Stanislavsky) represents the ultimate and perfect synthesis of the dramatic, lyric, pantomimic and scenic arts...