Word: scofield
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Also on display is the first book printed by the New York branch, a 1909 Scofield Reference Bible (a King James Bible edited by American Evangelical Preacher Cyrus Scofield). Established in 1896, the New York press now specializes in American history and culture, including jazz and black studies. One of its bestselling works: The European Discovery of America (1971. 2 vols.) by the late Samuel Eliot Morison...
...Volpone is not only evil but endlessly beguiling, and in this magnificent production at Britain's National Theater he is also unfailingly amusing. As played by Paul Scofield, he is the grandfather of all con men. Feigning terminal illness, he convinces half of Venice-the richer half -that he will make each one his heir so long as he is kept in good humor until his death. The lure of his wealth-"letting the cherry knock against their lips," as he puts it-makes Volpone truly rich. Urged on by his servant Mosca, the Venetians beggar themselves to keep...
...Watching Scofield slip effortlessly from dying Volpone to robustious Fox is as fascinating as the unfolding of his intricate schemes. One minute he is the Venetian magnifico, reveling in his gold and his audacity and boasting that even "the Turk is not more sensual in his pleasures than Volpone." The next he is an old man of faltering soprano. "Oh," he says, "I am sailing to my port and I am glad I am so near my haven...
King Lear. Peter Brook's film is superb-he rightly rejects any possible amelioration of Lear's pessimism. He shot the film in Jutland and although it is technically in color the only colors present are black, white, grey and sometimes dark brown. Paul Scofield is adequate though not perfect as Lear, although his "Never, never, never, never, never" is disappointing. Brook (what a long way this is from his version of Midsummer-Night's Dream) cut about 1/3 of Shakespeare's lines and even a few whole scenes, but he was justified by his results. The kind of film...
...Actress Katharine Hepburn is still the Brahmin beauty edged with bitchiness who gets her way. During her career she has matched her free-spirited will against the strongest male personalities in show business. John Barrymore, Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, Sir Laurence Olivier and Paul Scofield are among those who failed to upstage her. One star she had always wanted to work with was Wayne, and when she was offered the chance she snapped it up. "I decided to grab him before it was too late...