Word: gammer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With its bawdy 16th Century English translated into modern slang, "Gammer Gurton's Needle" will convulse Lowell House after its annual Christmas and birthday dinner honoring President A. Lawrence Lowell, emeritus, Friday, December...
This second recorded English comedy involves a quarrel between Dame Gurton, Jack Prudden '42, and Dame Chat, Donald Eldredge '43, over a needle lost while Gammer is mending the breeches of her servant Hodge, Dan Shook '44. Diccon, Howard Oedel '43, the villain who keeps the quarrel going, is foiled by Master Bayly, Charles Breuning '42, who finds the needle in a surprise ending after Dr. Rat, William Musgrave '42, has failed...