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right up there with Peter and Paul. I'm bucking for sainthood I'm praying all day I'm a-bucking for sainthood On that glorious ever morious glorious judgment...
...blackbooted horn players substituted for the organ and choir at the service, and all but blasted the congregation from their seats. On the lawn afterwards, the groups lined up in traditional V-formations, took turns tooting their bulge-cheeked way through an intricate variety of fanfares. It was a glorious afternoon for the horn players but a somewhat puzzling one for the modern audience. When they began wandering aimlessly across the chateau grounds as the concert went on, nobody could think of a fanfare to recall them to their seats...
Henry V could have even more glorious staging, however, and still fail. What the play absolutely must have is a strong, authentic Henry--a King who, through the kaleidoscope of moods and situations in which Shakespeare places him, emerges as not just an "ideal" monarch but also as a believable man. Douglas Watson, who plays the title role in the Festival production, gives a performance that is far from flawless. However, he does succeed in making Henry an earnest, changing person, and the play succeeds with...
Like the "forward look" in new U.S. automobiles, the upswept bristles of Major Michael Woodfall's military mustache created an impression of dynamic motion even when the major himself was at ease. Alone his glorious mustache would have been enough to command the respect of the stoniest of Mayfair's headwaiters. But added to the mustache were such other facts as the fit of the Savile Row suits, which clung to his lithe frame with the easy perfection of a snakeskin, and the verve with which he followed hounds with the Cornwall Hunt...
...candidate strode into the presidential room of the Statler Hotel in Washington amid the handclaps and cheers of 1,500 Republican women. Huge color pictures of Eisenhower and Nixon dominated the throng, surmounted by a blue and white banner that read PEACE-PROSPERITY-PROGRESS. "This is a great and glorious day for the Republican women," cried Miss Bertha Adkins of the Republican National Committee, her black sweater bedecked by an IKE diamond clip. "We're going to fight and fight hard for your victory." The candidate smiled warmly and made a few informal remarks...