Word: victorianism
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...simultaneously involving and distancing the audience, Nickleby embraces and reconciles many theatrical modes?realism and impressionism, the medieval pageant and the Victorian theater, Brecht and the Living Theater?while telling Dickens' story with enough conviction to make the fine hairs stand up on every playgoer's neck...
...main scenes are played centerstage, the other actors watch from the sides and the scaffolding. They may be recognizable characters from the play, overhearing but unable to act upon information vital to their interests. Or they may simply be serving as the eyes, ears and unsleeping conscience of both Victorian London and the modern audience...
...glance and a primp and she's off. Mike reaches the room as the car motor's rev signals Anna's departure. He calls out for her: "Sarah!" It is too late. Mike, the modern man, has lost his French lieutenant's woman. Charles, the Victorian aesthete, has been deserted by a surpassing actress. A heart is broken, the mirror has cracked, the film spins off its real...
...years, thrifty and adventurous tourists have known how to find good accommodations in Britain without uniformed doormen, glittering ballrooms, 24-hour room service and computerized reservations. The secret: the British institution of bed-and-breakfast establishments. These are private homes, ranging from stately Victorian town houses to rustic country cottages, whose owners turn over their spare bedrooms to paying guests and include the next day's morning meal in the price. Mostly small and as individual as their owners, the B & Bs generally provide a cozy version of home away from home...
...trend seems to have surfaced first-and most elegantly-in San Francisco, where in 1976 Robert and Marily Kavanaugh opened an establishment in a tiny Victorian mews house off Union Street, calling itself simply the Bed and Breakfast Inn. Today there are 15 B & Bs around San Francisco, and their rooms (generally $40 to $80 per night) are tougher to book than space at the city's large luxury hotels, especially on weekends...