Mantell’s Richard Drama Sparks Broadway Turmoil
In 1904 Robert Mantell moved to New York to stage Richard, facing a hostile Princess Theatre audience and a prankster stage crew. A backstage dagger incident left a gash in a stagehand, while Mantell boasted he hoped to sever the feud with the crew as rehearsals and opening night grew tense.
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William the Great
Robert Mantell
Midwest
New York
The
Princess
Broadway
27Th
28Th Streets
Man Tell's Iron Glove Scene Shocks Crew Then Delivers Classic Heroic Rendition
In a tense moment backstage a performer donned an iron studded glove to signal resolve after threats. Critics soon hailed his Richard as the best since Booth, and he joined William A. Brady's stable. Separately Theresa Helburn offers a Shakespearean project with Katharine Hepburn, though her contract runs only until June.
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Mantell
Richard
Booth
William A. Brady
America
Theresa Helburn
Theatre Guild
Katharine Hepburn
Katy
Hollywood
Procrastination and Pride Strain a Married Pair
Burt Englewood grows frustrated with Lynn Harvey who cripples household routine through chronic postponement. He blames laziness, urges improvement, and rails at excuses until one day he returns home to find Lynn resting on the couch with a final ironclad excuse ready, revealing a devastating truth.
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Lynn Harvey
Burt Englewood
Burt
Lynn
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues No. 41
A compact puzzle list of across and down clues including Arches asterisk manor, ward off, banish, gold, river German, conifer tree, wayside hotel, organ of hearing, music note, oceans, batch, watching, Greek letter, northern constellation, valley Europe, territorial force, constellation, before, a wing, saucy, water god Babyl, writer of fables, particles, valuable fur, over poet, part of to be, fashion, guided, duty, Arabic letter lit again balance, silkworm Assam, trick, claw, upward carving of ship planking, varying weight, great quantity, seize, menaces, regions, land measure, pagoda Jap, meat, ascend, on the ocean, tax over a bridge, lath, long-eared rodent, old measure of length plural, smooth talking, rowing implement, dancer’s cymbals.
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Her
Babyl
Assam
Old-Time Salaries Versus Modern Baseball Giants
In a retrospective mix of memories and salary figures, the piece contrasts historic star pay with today’s riches. It recalls Nap Lajoie, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, and others, noting how players once earned modest sums and endured longer careers, while modern stars command vast salaries and shorter tenures.
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Joe DiMaggio
Ted Williams
Bob Feller
Stan Musial
Tommy Henrich
Jackie Robinson
Grantland Rice
Matty
Alexander
Cy Young
Lajoie
Walsh
Delehanty
Joe Jackson
Nap Lajoie
Ed Elehanty
Phillies
Larry
Cleveland
Charlie Somers
Big Walsh
Charles Comiskey
Comiskey
Jackson
Ty Cobb
Mathewson
Hans Wagner
S. Matty
Wagner
Pop
Anson
Jack Quinn
Tris Speaker
Cobb
Quinn
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