Word: ladders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Alarums and an excursion of hook-and-ladder details lifted from their desks several hundred inmates of the Harvard Inns of Court early yesterday evening when a holocaust was reported in the new Langdell Hall addition. The firemen, upon forcing an entrance to the rooms under construction, discovered pots of fire suspended from the ceiling under a newly applied surface of plaster...
...many times that Heywood Broun said it should be given frequent change of title, such as The Ladder of August 24, The Ladder of August 27, 5:30 p. m., after the manner of Scandals of 1924, Follies...
...play called The Ladder opened in Boston this week. It closed in Manhattan last sennight, having run 107 weeks, costing its "angel," Edgar B. Davis, an estimated 10% of his estimated $15,000,000 oil fortune. As everyone knows,* the play concerns the theosophical doctrine of reincarnation, to which Millionaire-Angel Davis sincerely, munificently subscribes. It meandered between four theatres, was rewritten many times,† had a period of "revision" during which the public was admitted free. Frequently Millionaire-Angel Davis gave bonuses of $20-gold pieces, paid well the cast, the author, J. Frank Davis (no blood relation...
Although there is a current feeling that one hundred million dollars can't be wrong and that even three million is very effective in its way, there is still strong suspicion that one million dollars leaves room for doubt. So, climbing down the ladder of material love one is forced to a consideration of the "Ladder" itself. Opening after what is termed in the advertisements as a two year engagement in New York, the dramatic composition of this name is attracting curiosity seekers at top prices of one dollar and a half. Such a substantial increase over the free...
...fact, "Ladder" is nothing if not at odds with existing theatrical policy. It is the artistic contrast, the comic relief if you will, for the drama as a whole. It is the attempt par excellence to give the public not what it wants but what in the mind of an individual it ought to have. Art theatres and experimental playhouses the nation over can only envy the financial resources that makes its existence possible and contemplate the splendid uses to which they could put an equal amount of money. Theatre goers in general may applaud the quiet determination...