Word: temperamental
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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In this book we have a poet's interpretation of a temperament, a dramatist's portrayal of a life of extraordinary energy, a thinker's analysis of its complexities, a humanist's pitying comprehension.
"A happy home is essential to the real expression of art. . . . An artist more than anyone else needs mothering. I call my home a hospital for broken wings. It's not that I believe in temperament either. I think temperament is entirely unnecessary if the artist actually expresses himself. He...
But although we ourselves doubted Miss Yurka's adaptability, prior to Monday, we never remember having seen so complete a transformation, on the stage before. She was foreign, she was fascinating, she was alluring. Without the usual qualification of beauty, she gave an impression of beauty. To her belonged the...
As for the play itself, it is neither very light nor very heavy. The management bills it as an ingenious comedy of the artistic temperament, which perhaps it is, if you know what they mean by that. Assuredly there is nothing either very vital or very comical about the methods...
"The natural player has the faculty of doing many things instinctively and has often the further power, usually lost in late childhood, of accurate physical imitation. He performs remarkably because of fine physical development and temperament coupled with a very fast visual and muscular reaction. His success comes without the...