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Word: scaffoldings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Father John Collins had finished the Church's last rites to two youthful prisoners. The priest left, and then the young men walked down the prison yard to a scaffold. Their hands were tied, black hoods were slipped over their heads, and a rope was fitted snugly around their necks. As the executioners sprang the traps, witnesses removed their hats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EIRE: Ultimate Cause | 2/19/1940 | See Source »

...Last week the casualties were heavy. First, English Playwright J. B. Priestley went to the block for When We Are Married, a stale joke protracted into a three-act play. Next, Irish Playwright Paul Vincent Carroll, after distinguishing himself with Shadow and Substance and The White Steed, mounted the scaffold for Kindred, a turgid work neither poetic nor rational. Finally, U. S. Playwright Gustav Eckstein was garroted for Christmas Eve, a confused tale of family life featuring (to no avail) a childbirth on stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Reign of Terror | 1/8/1940 | See Source »

...Karson splashed the Rialto's lobby with Frankenstein, Zombis, King Kong, a skeleton dangling from a scaffold, a ghoul sucking a lollipop. On his signature alp (about a foot high), by way of contrast, he put Laurel & Hardy. All are done with skilled caricature, are no screwier than the career of the young fellow who painted them. Son of a former Russian court painter, he came to the U. S. when he was four. At twelve he joined a Chicago little theatre as assistant to its art director...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Stage Artist | 1/1/1940 | See Source »

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