Word: wig
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...attempted so inadequately in the pre-Broadway tryout here two years ago). Her performance in either play alone would have been an impressive achievement. But her ability to undergo such a transformation during intermission was almost uncanny. And this was much more than a change of costume, makeup and wig; she did it through her posture, gait, gesture, diction and other ways. Through extraordinary muscular control, she was able to change her whole repertory of facial contours from those of a stunning beauty to those of an uncomely nobody. Genius is not a word to be tossed about lightly...
...first time in his career he was five minutes late. Otherwise Rayner Goddard, 81, gave no sign that this day in court would be different from any other in his twelve years as Lord Chief Justice of England. With his crimson robe sweeping the ground, his luxuriant wig, as usual, just a trifle askew, he strode into the paneled courtroom one day last week, seated himself in his big leather chair, jotted a note or two with a tiny silver pencil, and after fumbling with his ever-precarious pince-nez motioned for the session to begin. He seemed oblivious...
...ruffians and street boys, pickpockets and prostitutes." As the carriages carrying peers and M.P.s began to arrive, this mixed mob went berserk. The great Edmund Burke received no worse than shrieks of "obscene invective," but the Duke of Northumberland was beaten up, the Lord Chief Justice stripped of his wig. The Bishops of Lincoln and Lichfield were "plastered with mud and excrement"; the Archbishop of York was shoved about until he agreed to cry out "No Popery...
What vocal control and timing she has! Her performance in either play alone would be an impressive achievement. But her ability to undergo such a transformation during intermission is almost uncanny. And this is much more than a change of costume, makeup and wig; she does it through her posture, gait, gesture, diction and other ways. Through extraordinary muscular control, she is able to change her whole repertory of facial contours from those of a stunning beauty to those of an uncomely nobody. Genius is not a word to be tossed about lightly; but Miss Page has unmistakable marks...
...Long Island Sunday-school teacher and a prisoner of fate, zealously determined "to get out of that damned Video suit." As a last hope, he has resorted to disguise. He has landed a role in a forthcoming TV pilot film in which he will clap on a talcumed wig and, with his identity concealed, impersonate George Washington. Says reluctant Spaceman Hodge: "What is good enough for the Father of Our Country is certainly good enough for Captain Video-blast...