Word: capulet
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...takes place among massive stone arches, against a brooding Verona-like background-actually the hills of the Crimea, near Yalta. To the tune of Prokofiev's rather overexalted music, and the gentle narration of a voice in English, the plot thickens speedily; servants of the feuding Montagues and Capulets meet and taunt one another into a brawl that fills the square. Soon the entire cast is introduced: Romeo, handsome and brawny; Friend Mercutio, here a playboy with wonderfully impudent toes; Tybalt, an arrogant, bloodthirsty Capulet; the stony senior Capulets and Montagues; and, last and best, Ulanova's Juliet...
...were many attempts to restore cordiality. Adenauer invited all the Russian leaders out to the dacha they had lent him outside Moscow. The Russians gave a special performance of Romeo and Juliet, starring the great ballerina Ulanova, at the Bolshoi Theater. The ballet closes with the elders, Montague and Capulet, clasping hands in reconciliation. In the special box, 79-year-old Konrad Adenauer rose and grasped the hands of Premier Bulganin and held them high. The audience burst into applause. Next day there was a festive lunch at which Khrushchev got chummy with chubby German Socialist Carlo Schmid, who proved...
...house, Truman told aides later, is an expression he has used since boyhood, but he does not remember the source. It is a colloquialism, at least as old as Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene V. Capulet, Juliet's father, is angry because she refused to marry his choice, Paris. He tells her: "Graze where you will, you shall not house with...
...final contribution to the success of this production is the general excellence of the supporting cast. Malcolm Keen as Capulet is as ingratiating a character actor as I have seen, and Evelyn Carden as the nurse is quite funny, except in the early parts of the play when she is not distinct...
...until long after closing time. At last his guests drove off in two cars and a small truck, and Piazza set about locking up the tavern. When he got to Juliet's room, a cold chill gripped his heart. Gone were the bedstead, the wardrobe and the other Capulet relics. In their place, stuck firmly to the wall, was a note written on parchment in purest 13th century Italian. "I prefer beloved Verona to this creepy castle," it read. And it was signed Giulietta...