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...extremely interested to read of the impending production of Macbeth. It has long been a problem that has puzzled Shakespearian scholars as to the real identity of Macduff. Much research on the matter has been undertaken, notably by that fine scholar Mr. Timothy Cobb of Budo. At the moment the conclusion reached is that Macduff was, indeed, a hen. Hard as this is to credit, careful reading of the play leaves no doubt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WAS MACDUFF A HEN? | 10/5/1955 | See Source »

...Wives' Tale. In East Liverpool, Ohio, after he had been fined $50 and costs for blacking the eye of his estranged wife, Clarence Cobb complained to the judge: "She knew I was a coon hunter and a drinker before we were married, and she never said a word; afterward, it was just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 27, 1955 | 6/27/1955 | See Source »

...Montague Cobb, professor of anatomy at the Howard University College of Medicine Sc.D...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Kudos, Jun. 20, 1955 | 6/20/1955 | See Source »

Producer's Showcase (Mon. 8 p.m., NBC). Lee J. Cobb in Darkness at Noon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Program Preview, may 2, 1955 | 5/2/1955 | See Source »

...Great Neck. As a 24-year-old Atlanta sports editor, Rice was bombarded with wires and postcards from all over Georgia and Alabama about a deer-footed young player on the Augusta baseball club. In 1904 he broke down and printed the first story about Ty Cobb. Long after his spectacular career was over, Cobb confessed to Rice that he wrote and sent all the messages himself. Once, when President Harding invited him to Washington to play golf, Rice brought along his pal Ring Lardner. The President, a little puzzled, asked why Long Islander Lardner was there. "I want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bestseller Revisited, Apr. 11, 1955 | 4/11/1955 | See Source »

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