Word: written
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...among them being Prime Minister Bratiano and former Crown Prince Carol. The court subsequently declared that the Prince would be allowed to return to Rumania, from which he is exiled, only if his presence were vitally necessary to ensure fairness in the trial. Meantime, the court would accept his written evidence...
...manuscript of the second play of Oscar O'Flahertie Wills Wilde came to light, too, last week. The Duchess of Padua, written about 1883 for Mary Anderson (but never acted by her) lay for many years on a printer's shelf in Bloomsbury, London. The printer's son slid it into a nook in his library; forgot about it. Last year the printer's son happened to mention the manuscript to Mitchell Kennerley, President of the Anderson Galleries, Manhattan. Followed desperate excitement on the part of Mr. Kennerley; a desperate search by the printer...
...equal Stokowski but he proved, by the thorough excellence of his performance, that the Philadelphia Orchestra was more than a tool for the musical genius of one man. In a hodge-podge of Handel, Stravinsky, Aaron Copland and Saint-Saens, the first was the best. Beside the Firework-Music (written so long ago as 1749 to celebrate the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle) Stravinsky's virtuosity seemed pale, Copland's Scherzo, flimsy. Pianist Josef Hofmann gave the evening a special glitter by an interpretation of the C Minor Concerto which was more profound than Saint-Saens'music...
...satire at each through the minds of the others. Her work has not yet reached independence of period or place; the praise which it demands and receives must be qualified with some such phrase as, "the best book of the year," "the most brilliant novel of its kind written in a decade." But this perhaps is partly due to the caution of critics who are afraid to have their discoveries forgotten. Author Kennedy is reaching high; more noticeable than ever is her sure and satisfying command of form. This is a finer novel than The Constant Nymph...
...following review of the current issue of the Lampoon was written for the Crimson by Huntington Brown '22, instructor and tutor in the Division of Modern Languages...