Word: hoolihan
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spreading Harvard influence through the West without seeming unpleasantly officious. The play reviews are decidedly entertaining, but unequal, and in each case the reviewer has curiously reflected the actual language of the performance he witnessed. Thus the language of the reviews of "The Blue Bird" and of "Kathleen Ni Hoolihan" approaches critical dignity, while the dialect of the reviews of the musical comedies suggests the influence of comic opera lyrics. Mr. McMahon's letter on "The Playboy" capably presents one side of the discussion that has risen over that drama...