For this reason, and for this reason only, do modern actors like Mme. Nazimova complain of plays in verse. From Wordnik.com. [The Theory of the Theatre] Reference
Mme. Nazimova has been quoted as saying that she would never act a play in verse, because in speaking verse she could not be natural. From Wordnik.com. [The Theory of the Theatre] Reference
Verse such as this would permit of every rhythmical variation known in English prosody, and through the appeal of its rhythm would offer the dramatist opportunities for emotional effect that prose would not allow him; but at the same time it could be spoken with entire naturalness by actors as ultra-modern as Mme. Nazimova. From Wordnik.com. [The Theory of the Theatre] Reference
Nazimova with very cheering expressions of assent. From Wordnik.com. [Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them] Reference
I took her to see Nazimova to-night, and she sat star-eyed and hardly breathing. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Journeys On] Reference
The principal female rôle was played by a Servian actress, Maria Orska -- very much on the type of Nazimova. From Wordnik.com. [Face to Face with Kaiserism] Reference
Nazimova and the Mothers received solemn assurances from each of these "leaders" that they supported the repeal of the barbaric Rockefeller laws. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Nazimova and her art director, Natacha Rambova, emulated the Aubrey Beardsley illustrations in the first edition of the play, and the result is highly stylised and ornately camp. From Wordnik.com. [Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Mr. Bryant is giving an exceptionally good performance of the part, and is so much taken with my theater and company that I have the newspapers 'word that he married my star (Nazimova). From Wordnik.com. [Charles Frohman: Manager and Man] Reference
Madame Nazimova has said that Chekhov is her favourite writer, but that his plays could not possibly succeed in America, unless every part, even the minor ones, could be interpreted by a brilliant actor. From Wordnik.com. [Essays on Russian Novelists] Reference
While Frohman was making new stars, older ones came under his control in swift succession, among them Madame Nazimova, William Courtnay, James K. Hackett, K.rle Bellew, Mrs. Fiske, Charles Cherry, John Mason, Martha. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Frohman: Manager and Man] Reference
Down the centre in the open carriages flows a stream of women -- and many look like Nazimova -- social distinctions so ironed out with enamel, paint, and powder that almost all might be café chantant singers or dressmakers 'marionettes. From Wordnik.com. [Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them] Reference
Lillian Gish, Nazimova, Fairbanks and Hoot Gibson. From Wordnik.com. [Honorable Movie Takee Sojin] Reference
She designed for a film Nazimova wrote titled, A Doll’s House. From Wordnik.com. [Interview with Artist and Comic Book Author Dame Darcy] Reference
Miss Nazimova Really jazzed'em over She made a big improvement On every pretty movement. From Wordnik.com. [Pioneers of Alienation and 50s Sci-Fi at Thing Street Asylum] Reference
A theater benefit given by Orleneff, Mme. Nazimova, and their company, in favor of the Anarchist magazine. From Wordnik.com. [Anarchism and Other Essays] Reference
Pastor Nazimova and other members of the Mothers of the New York Disappeared have met repeatedly with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
A Rumanian family returning from a holiday in Budapest -- an urbane gentleman of middle age, a shy little daughter, and a dark-eyed wife, glittering with diamonds, who looked a little like Nazimova. From Wordnik.com. [Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them] Reference
Max Goldberg in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, where he also writes, "now as then, there can be only one Nazimova. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
I have produced Nazimova. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Sally] Reference
"Nazimova never ..." began Mr. Bunbury. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Sally] Reference
York by Mme. Nazimova, is an evidence of this. From Wordnik.com. [The Theory of the Theatre] Reference
Nazimova. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Sally] Reference
Nazimova!. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Journeys On] Reference
Mme. Nazimova 132. From Wordnik.com. [The Suffrage Cook Book] Reference
Nazimova or Maude Adams. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Bingle] Reference
Nazimova, Alla, 283, 305. From Wordnik.com. [The Merry-Go-Round] Reference
Nazimova, Alla, 158, 195, 196, 197. From Wordnik.com. [The Theory of the Theatre] Reference
Nazimova never threw paper-knives at cats. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Sally] Reference
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