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Word: florabel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...swamps, where Playwrights Harry Hamilton and Norman Foster would have you believe voodooism is still rife. Savage Rhythm has to do with a black girl named Miss Orchid, who has come home from a big theatrical success on Broadway. The Negro she chooses happens to be one her Sister Florabel is also fond of. Thereupon Florabel picks another man, an unfortunate choice because the other man's wife stabs Florabel. Then follow some of the liveliest obsequies to be seen on the stage since Porgy. Miss Orchid drops her city ways.succumbs to the ancestral voodoo call, turns into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 11, 1932 | 1/11/1932 | See Source »

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