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This play is the first production of the Unnamed Players, and it is the first time that "Cymbeline" has been presented in Boston for a century. According to the players, they have "quietly buried the untidy, dull historical plot; what remains is the fine central incident, the trial of Imogen's chastity...
...Stanhope, a young lady faced with a debut and love at the same time is the plot, and its ramifications concern for the most part the misunderstandings with her loved one caused by her parents' desire to marry her to a man in her social class. Gene Raymond as Chris Hansen is Joy's hope and pride but the family has chosen Jimmy Wolverton, scion of millions. Time after time in weary succession, Chris finds Joy in the company of Jimmy, only a few hours after she has professed her love for him. This round-robbin reaches a climax...
...plot to murder Rasputin originated in a Guards regiment in which Prince Youssoupov and the Grand Duke Dmitri were serving. They enlisted the aid of Vladimir Purishkevitch, a member of the Duma. When lecherous Rasputin reached the Youssoupov palace on the night of Dec. 16, servants were kept at the head of the stairs, talking, playing the phonograph, acting as if a party were still in progress. Downstairs used plates and half-filled glasses were scattered about as if a formal supper had just ended. Some little cakes and a few glasses of wine were packed with enough potassium cyanide...
...have an interest in fair play and right. I was actually acquainted not only with Rasputin himself, but with Purish-kevitch and the others. I was actually invited by Purishkevitch to murder Rasputin. . . . We had a plot on foot to save the Tsar, but nothing came of it. Chegodiev in the film seemed more like Grand Duke Dmitri. It never occurred to me Natasha was Princess Irina...
...annoying to Haman the Prime Minister, a haughty anti-Semite. Haman had a gallows built 50 cubits high on which to hang Mordecai. He also got Ahasuerus to agree to exterminate "a certain people," casting lots (Purim) to decide when it should be done. But Esther heard of the plot and on the 14th day of the Month Adar, 473 B.C. persuaded Ahasuerus to save the Jews. "So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai." (Esther...