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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK−Wholesale homicide of a babbitt family; a dream play, almost Gilbertian in its attempt to set the world right by standing it on its head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Jul. 28, 1924 | 7/28/1924 | See Source »

...BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK-Vastly beguiling bit of foolery, proving that the paper-cutter is mightier than the sword when it comes to unhorsing the tiresome businessman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Theatre: Jul. 21, 1924 | 7/21/1924 | See Source »

...BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK?A blazing satire on the Babbitt family, that yet extorts laughter from such successful morons themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Jul. 14, 1924 | 7/14/1924 | See Source »

...BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK?Satire mingled with rollicking burlesque, as the scalp of the tired business man is lifted and the inner workings of his brain revealed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Jul. 7, 1924 | 7/7/1924 | See Source »

EXPRESSING WILLIE-A deft satire on the ludicrous results when a business man has an artistic reach that is longer than his grasp. BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK - Excellent foolery, in which the worm of music turns on big business. THE SHOW-OFF-A highly ticklesome comedy, turning bombast into a fine art. MEET THE WIFE-Two husbands of a flighty wife learning the rueful answer to the age-old question: "Who's boss around here?" THE POTTERS-An American genre study of amusing quality, with oil as the villain. CYRANO DE BERGERAC-Walter Hampden superbly proving that there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Comedy | 6/30/1924 | See Source »

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