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Page 383
... Ballet MICHAEL BENTHALL'S theme for the new ballet at Covent Garden is a version of Shakespeare's philosophy of the seven ages of man , but without Shakespeare's geniality and graceful acceptance of man's " strange eventful history ...
... Ballet MICHAEL BENTHALL'S theme for the new ballet at Covent Garden is a version of Shakespeare's philosophy of the seven ages of man , but without Shakespeare's geniality and graceful acceptance of man's " strange eventful history ...
Page 425
... ballets are curious but are perfectly suited to this . primitive form of expression , which has the intensity of a religious rite . One ballet is called " De Prophet . " In this a frenzied negro preacher tries to fly to heaven to ...
... ballets are curious but are perfectly suited to this . primitive form of expression , which has the intensity of a religious rite . One ballet is called " De Prophet . " In this a frenzied negro preacher tries to fly to heaven to ...
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... ballet was Fancy Free , about three sailors on shore leave . There is an effective backcloth of soaring blue skyscrapers studded with lighted windows , but otherwise this ballet is ugly and depressing depressing as a vignette of life in ...
... ballet was Fancy Free , about three sailors on shore leave . There is an effective backcloth of soaring blue skyscrapers studded with lighted windows , but otherwise this ballet is ugly and depressing depressing as a vignette of life in ...
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Commercial Godmother The | 11 |
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bids farewell to 1945 | 112 |
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