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Dates: during 1923-1923
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White Desert. A primitive tragedy of jealousy on a lonely North Dakota farm condensed into four acts and five characters makes doubtful entertainment. At the end the theatregoer finds himself gazing on a corpse, two people desperate from unhappiness, another a trifle crazy, a fifth??? very old. The theatregoer is inclined to wonder if life is like that and whether a nifty here and there would not have helped. As a matter of fact the author, with a relentless logic, has shown that life under the circumstances could not possibly have been otherwise. Though he has created an artistic cross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Oct. 29, 1923 | 10/29/1923 | See Source »

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