Word: droll
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...really delightful events of the theatrical season in any city, is the appearance of that droll comedian, William Hodge; especially is this the case when he appears in a new play. One of these worth-while occasions will occur locally at the Wilbur Theatre, Boston, next Monday, Columbus Day, Oct. 13, when Mr. Lee Shubert will present William Hodge in his brand-new play, "The Guest of Honor." It is a comedy romance of New York life in three acts. So consistently successful have been the several plays in which Mr. Hodge has appeared in since his phenomenal success...
...things that most charms the Anglo-Saxon, voyaging either in France or in French literature is the manner in which their types of character, tragic or droll, differ from ours. The great Revolution appeals to us not for its size but because of the dramatic quality of its executions and the fineness and intensity of the aristocrats thrown into relief by the unrestrained, but justly impassioned mob. The gayety of the modern Parisian is something so hard to define, so hard to put your hand on, that it is often a relief after our own boisterous humor...
...ways of national politics are amusing, and the antics of kinglets and kinglings more droll than those of Chaplin, primarily, no doubt, because they take themselves so very seriously. It is noteworthy now that Germany is spiritually shedding large tears over this ruthlessness to "a brave little people." Germany has had so much to do with brave little peoples in the past three years that she may pass as a judge. Her sympathies, it must be admitted, have been for Finland, Ireland, and Greece. She has seen with no overburdening woe the desolation by brand and steel of Serbia...
...concluding, suffice it to say that in Clare Kummer's "Good Gracious, Annabelle," as presented with the fortunate combination of naive Miss Fisher, artististic Mr. Nicander, and droll Miss Vokes ably assisted by the other members of the cast, is a comedy which should satisfy the most critical lover of harmless quips, odd predicaments and finished characterizations...
...comic brother in his own droll way hit the nail on the head several times: we say that we are going home to rest and work. We are hypocrites. We know that we are going home to have a Christmas vacation, and that does not even mean rest. Work and worry and rest are foreign to this season. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...