Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...capacity of the average audience to completely misunderstand and misinterpret, to imply humor where none is intended, to mistake frankness for vulgarity,--this is most discouraging to the actor...
...will play to full houses and the resultant full cash boxes in Boston regardless of what the critics say. The natural temptation is to follow the lead of Messrs. Benchley, Broun, and Nathan, and make a joke of the whole thing. Here is a play ideal for the humorous review, and the seats in Row V--V not, in this case, meaning five--which the management graciously bestowed upon this department might reasonably inspire humor of the citrous sort. "Abie's Irish Rose" has, however, become a phenomenon--the press notices boastfully say so--and, whatever it may deserve...
...stage, which intensifies personality, throwing into sharp relief often dangerously year to exaggerating each peculiarity of character. This, of course, is meat and drink to the playwright. In "Seventh Heaven", Austin Strong took a handful of such individuals and into the story of their lives injected humor, tradedy, more than a little pathos, a bit of melodrama, and out of it all produced an immensely effective comedy...
...Hara To Discuss Humor...
They set forth in a carriage, smartly drawn by six white horses. At a village, the seat of King Alexander's predecessors, an old nurse gave him a blessing. Queen Marie, diplomatically attired in a Montenegrin national costume, sparkled with good humor beside her husband and evinced no sign of mistrusting the people...