Word: cowling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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During a recent stay in Boston Walter Hampden came out to Cambridge, and was surprised to find here pictures of himself which he did not remember had ever been taken. Mr. Hersey in searching for a picture of Jane Cowl, found 300 to choose from...
...Miss Jane Cowl, I understand, has praised 'Desire Under the Elms.' She declares it to be a great play, and that it teaches a great moral lesson. You know the plot, I suppose. That plot is typical--all too typical of the sort of thing that is being exploited in New York. Producers insist on neurotic plays, plays that means something. The public or a very definite part of it, supports them...
...whose clothes and accent flap about in a manner broadly British. His real name is Emery Pottle and he attended Amherst College. Later, he was a teacher, wrote short stories. There followed War pages?pages bright for him?and finally peace. His stories did not sell. One day Jane Cowl wondered if he ever had been an actor. No, but he'd try it. And he did?with indifferent success. Presently, Mr. Emery turned his hand to playwriting. Writer of The Hero and Tarnish, actor in other plays, he has finally consolidated. With some regret, it must be stated, neither...
Even the estimable Jane Cowl could not improve the situation. She seemed as prone as the adapter to regard the 'girl with politely scandalized eyes. "Of course she's a bad girl, but we've got to make her as nice as possible," seemed the general slogan. The result was a cautious counterfeit...
There was Frederick Ballard, whose Believe Me, Xantippe! was produced in 1913 by William A. Brady, acted by John Barrymore. Cleves Kincaid wrote Common Clay, Jane Cowl's success in 1915. Mamma's Affair was the work of Rachel Barton Butler. Two years ago there was You and I, by Philip J. Q. Barry. Other craftsmen who learned their trade from Prof. Baker are Eugene O'Neill, Edward Sheldon, Edward Knobloch, David Carb, Jules Eckert Goodman, Kenneth MacGowan (producer) and Lee Simonson (scenic director...