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Setting was simple; the solemnly stalking constables and the noblemen of Messina appeared before the same Palladian arch, altered to suit the needs of the scene; but the bright costumes of the players varied to fit the varied brilliance of the speech and the acting...

Author: By R. W. P., | Title: SHAKESPEARE PLAYED TO THE HILT | 3/25/1930 | See Source »

...delighted, said he: "I didn't even know he was being considered for the place until we got word from friends who read the morning papers. . . . Our greatest concern when Karl was a boy was that he would never be interested in anything but play. He had a football suit when he was in the grades and it seemed as though he wore it most of the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: New Presidents | 3/24/1930 | See Source »

...asides and gestures to convey that he has but one thought in mind and that is to set himself safely on the throne at all costs. In his wooing of Lady Anne, widow of Edward, Prince of Wales, whose blood is scarcely dry on his sword, Gloster presents his suit with all of the cunning of a snake charming its prospective prey. The lady assents, and as she departs Mr. Leiber gives a very emphatic sneer and a disparaging remark on the constancy of women. All through the play he uses men as his tools and then throws them aside...

Author: By H. B., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 3/19/1930 | See Source »

Wearing a faded old suit, he met newsmen, declared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Oilman Out | 3/17/1930 | See Source »

...traces for a mile fell over without stumbling, its legs suddenly helpless. After looking it over St. Godard took its strap off and put it on the sled. Through the gigantic white domes of snow, alive in the wind over the wilderness, a figure was catching St. Godard-parka suit, woolen socks and moccasins, a young, bronzed face-Earl Brydges. Brydges lives in Cranberry Portage, St. Godard in The Pas, 55 miles away, so they are neighbors as neighborhood is measured by frontiersmen. Brydges drove into The Pas in a whirlwind finish, the winner. His time was 12½ minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Huskies at The Pas | 3/17/1930 | See Source »

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