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Word: exits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Ellen Terry was born, as it were, between an exit and a curtain call, while her mother and father were playing in Coventry. At eight she made her debut as Mamillius in The Winter's Tale, a performance witnessed with apparent pleasure by Queen Victoria. When Ellen Terry was twice as old she married the then famed Painter Watts. He divorced her when she had borne two children to Charles Wardell whom she later married. After that Ellen Terry went into retirement whence she was rescued by Charles Reade. From this time, her stage career grew to its zenith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Death of Terry | 7/30/1928 | See Source »

...rooney glutton. His satire, which was immensely successful in Europe, is sophisticated and sentimental; it is probable that even the most hardened plutocrat who watches the unfolding of the myth will feel less shamed than delighted when the young lovers, scorning a rich villain's bribe, exit with laughter and on horseback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Mar. 12, 1928 | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

This will be the only exit left open for Widener patrons during the hour devoted to the Coolidge funeral service. It is suggested that students attend to their book requirements early in the day in order to minimize noon-day activity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Distinguished Men Will Bear Professor Coolidge to Grave | 1/17/1928 | See Source »

...plot about a man who had to pretend he was husband and father to inherit wealthy grandfather's gold. Nearly everyone agreed that Miss Lillie's surroundings are superfluous. Yet when she is in view contentment spreads ; especially when she upsets the dinner service and makes her exit wrapped nobly in the tablecloth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 16, 1928 | 1/16/1928 | See Source »

Miss Smith makes a precipitate exit. An adolescent grin is scarcely concealed by Dr. Palely's beard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 12/20/1927 | See Source »

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