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...Acting before a Boston audience is like running up against a blank wall. The audience sit on their hands. They have cakes of ice in their pockets. They're awful! There aren't words enough in an actor's vocabulary to express his feelings about a Boston audience. At the start of a run in Boston, he says 'My God!' and at the end he says "Thank God." Then he leaves town and tries to forget about it as soon as possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FINDS CAKES OF ICE IN OSSIFIED BOSTON | 12/10/1923 | See Source »

When Henry David Thoreau was jailed because he objected to paying taxes, his friend Emerson came and stood outside the bars. "Henry," he demanded, sadly, "why are you there?" "Waldo," returned the prisoner accusingly, "why aren't you here?" This attitude of non-conformity per se is reflected in the opinions of Dr. A. Herbert Gray, a well known Scottish clergyman, who has contributed an article to a current number of the "intercollegian...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OBSERVERS AND CRITICS | 12/10/1923 | See Source »

Hundreds of candles burn in hundreds of stage windows while hundreds of stage mothers yearn for hundreds of wandering boys to return. Villians hiss: "You will suffer for this" all over the one-night stands. Heroines hold up burglars with pistols that aren't loaded. Working girls are leered at by wicked employers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Hokum | 12/3/1923 | See Source »

...AREN'T WE ALL?-Witty commentary on the conflict between the ruling parties in the Holy State of Matrimony. Cyril Maude, chief commentator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Nov. 26, 1923 | 11/26/1923 | See Source »

...AREN'T WE ALL ?-Convincing and immensely diverting discussion of the inseparability of a sense of humor and successful matrimony. Cyril Maude chiefly concerned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Nov. 19, 1923 | 11/19/1923 | See Source »

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