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Word: hamletian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...week for six years before getting anywhere. Even sweet bands like Sammy Kaye were broke, but didn't bellyache. The show business demands an eye for an eye, and Shaw, after having fired the musicians that stuck to him in the thin days, decided that the role of a Hamletian martyr committing public hari-kari was better than facing the music of a non-tinkling cash register...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 12/1/1939 | See Source »

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