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Word: dolls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Given all the elements necessary for a successful production; a name play by a great author, a sympathetic audience, and a cast including several competent actors, the current production of "A Doll's House" by all theatrical standards ought to be a successful one. Such, however, is not the case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYGOER | 4/24/1945 | See Source »

...very choosy-and good roles for her did not grow on trees. Says she: "It was either acting old mountaineer crones who spit tobacco juice in their son's eye-or Ibsen. I couldn't chew tobacco and I wouldn't be found dead in A Doll's House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Apr. 9, 1945 | 4/9/1945 | See Source »

...them coming and barked: "Go on, go on! Beat it!" The woman stopped and tried to explain in German , that she wanted something in the house. Again the officer ordered her away. The boy cried. The girl ran past the officer, marched up the front steps, and got a doll's buggy. As the woman and the children walked off, the officer turned to U.P. Correspondent Ann Stringer and said: "A year ago, I couldn't have done that. But now - I hate the bastards, I hate them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Faces in the Wallow | 3/26/1945 | See Source »

...September 1929- Harris "retired." But this characteristic Harris gesture fooled nobody; after a trip abroad and a tumble in Wall Street he was once more aswirl with ideas. The next few years brought more kudos than cash-and the kudos more for revivals (Uncle Vanya, The Inspector General, A Doll's House} than for exciting new productions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays In Manhattan, Feb. 19, 1945 | 2/19/1945 | See Source »

...hour meeting was the first of a series of five; the class was the first in the District of Columbia Health Department's new School for Expectant Fathers. The weekly sessions will include discussions (and practice on a 7½-lb. doll) of 1) preparation for delivery, 2) aftercare of mother and baby, 3) how to bathe, dress, feed and belch the baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: School for Fathers | 1/22/1945 | See Source »

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