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Word: devoir (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wayside Players of Scarsdale contested there?ah me!?the Riverside Players of Greenwich, the Huguenot Players of New Rochelle! From the polar heights of Great Neck came the Women's Club thereof, aesthetically accoutered to do their devoir. The Circle Players, the Temple Players, the East-West Players, the Players' League, the Stockbridge Stocks?these five arose from Manhattan, and girded their loins with batik and fine linen and came. Brooklyn, fair Brooklyn of the poets, sent forth the Adelphi Dramatic Association, the Brooklyn Institute Players, the Clark Street Players?mighty clans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Little Theatre Groups | 5/19/1923 | See Source »

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