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...Casey's fantasy prompted Manhattan reviewers to go on record as follows: "Nothing so grand has risen in our impoverished theatre. . . . It is a humbling job to write about a dynamic drama like Within the Gates. . . . The theatre is richer today than it was 24 hours ago. . . . In comparison with Within the Gates, most of the plays that have come from overseas in recent years seem but feeble little fingers poking vainly at the moon.' " Irishman O'Casey, who had been brought from England for the U. S. première, was on hand to declare...
Those opposed to the policies of the Roosevelt administration have reached a total of 240 while those backing the new deal number 86. The Faculty is against Roosevelt three-to-one in comparison to the student's two-to-one disapproval...
...more concerned than when he decided to go hatless, scold subscribers, ride a hobby horse at rehearsals. Stokowski had ''taxi trouble" in 1927 after which he took a leave of absence. He was "hit" again in Manhattan in 1930 when his performances with the Philharmonic suffered in comparison with those of Arturo Toscanini. Stokowski's position in Philadelphia was strengthened materially when his great admirer Curtis Bok lately became president of the Orchestra.* And it is an open secret that Manager Judson is through after this season whether his opera scheme works or not. Philadelphians suspect that...
...great lamentation arose from the common stockholders. Before a dignified Federal referee the chairman of the protective committee, Peter M. Leavitt, drew an ugly comparison between the way the Titanic's captain conducted himself in an emergency and the way Mr. McLellan behaved in the foundering of his company. In Mr. Leavitt's welter of metaphors drawn from King Solomon, medicine and the sea it was never quite clear just how Mr. McLellan did behave, but one thing was certain: Founder McLellan was supporting the principal bidder for the property. Indirectly the bidder was George Keenan Morrow...
...doctor could be summoned at any time of day or night. Instruments were neatly arranged under glass, ready for immediate use. Perhaps Mr. Robart was comparing these rooms to the torture chambers of a medieval bastille when he made his statement, for it is hard to find a closer comparison for other parts of the prison...