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Word: trys (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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...demise, on the last day of the last century. Alison's house has been sold, the family is moving out. Her relatives gather. All save one have denied themselves life, just as Alison had. After a good deal of melodrama, during which a doddering old aunt trys to burn the house down, a niece gets hold of a packet of Alison's poems- the ones which tell of her thwarted love. The niece is the only one who has attained the freedom which Alison's poems sang about. After three acts she persuades the family that just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 15, 1930 | 12/15/1930 | See Source »

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