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Looking Sideways and the British Language Echoes
A collage of miscellany including Lou Straus defending razor blade dispenser windows, Life magazine exposure of an Armenian oil billionaire, a fading joke from the New Yorker, and reflections on British actors Gordon Davies and Gilbert and Sullivan heirs. Also notes on English speech, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, and a Danish conductor’s quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Gordon Davies
Davies
Majestic Theater
Rodgers and Hammerstein
South Pacific
Oklahoma
Gilbert and Sullivan
Richard D’oyly Carte
Arthur Sullivan
Gilbert