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Musical drollery, even horseplay, is found in the popular "Merry Pranks" of Till Eulenspiegel, a legendary figure in Germany. In this, Richard Strauss introduces many novel twists and at all times the comedy is good. Debussey's "Afternoon of a Faun" will add to the program sublety and charm.

Author: By C. E., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 10/16/1930 | See Source »

Mr. Gilhooley. This play stands as proof that a novel can be successfully translated into the dramatic form. Frank B. Elser, longtime New York city-editor of the Associated Press, author of one worthy book called The Keen Desire, onetime (1904) co-editor with George Jean Nathan of the Cornell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 13, 1930 | 10/13/1930 | See Source »

The very merry conclusion is done in the usual vivacious manner, and after Feste's brief song, the book is closed upon an evening that was thoroughly entertaining at least.

Author: By H. B., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 9/26/1930 | See Source »

Tearing the bride (symbolically) from the bridegroom's arms is a merry old Argentine custom. Weddings wait not even on revolutions. In Buenos Aires last week?while the conquering revolutionist General José Francisco Uriburu was taking his oath as Provisional President ("by God, our Father, and the evangelical saints")?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Shots & Loans | 9/22/1930 | See Source »

Author Patten will not tell his age. He was 17 sometime in the 1880's when, at his home in Corinna, Maine, he wrote his first stories, "A Bad Man" and "The Pride of Sandy Flat." A check for $6 for both, from Editor Orville J. Victor of Banner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Hero Business | 9/22/1930 | See Source »

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