On the Road How a Traveling Company Struggled for Survival
An unfixed troupe narrates their harsh turn in Arkadelphia after Little Rock decline. The agent scrambled for funds, used lithographs, and pasted up posters with a broom. The eight remaining actors finally performed Our Boys, but debt and travel costs left most cast members stranded.
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Davenport
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McCullough
Alvin Joslin
Julia Marlowe
Sothern
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Scanlun
Mary
Anderson
O'Neill
IK Scene
Robson
Rhea
Sully
Temple of Last Resort
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Little Res
Anager
New York
Chicago
Detroit Free Press
Is This One of the Popular Songs of the Day
A Detroit Free Press note recalls a music shop jest as a customer asks if a tune is popular and a clerk mentions a man struck with a brick for singing it. The anecdote underscores a volatile craze and the intensity of public reaction to a hit song.
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