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Word: lennox (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Britain's King George III once let his heavy Teutonic eyes wander sheeplike in the direction of a lovely, unpredictable minx named Lady Sarah Lennox. For political reasons he could not marry her, had to settle instead for a mousy, home-loving German princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Later, when George's younger brothers Gloucester and Cumberland married their own lights-of-love without so much as a by-your-leave, George was furious and had Parliament pass the Royal Marriage Act of 1772. It has provided ever since that George's descendants may not marry without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: A Ring for Cinderella | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...that this first Boston performance of "Is Life Worth Living?" isn't worth seeing. In his story of the happenings in a simple Irish town under the influence of the melodramatic performances of a hammy repertory company, Lennox Robinson has written a number of superb scenes, ranging from burlesque to pathos, and they come frequently enough to make the production decidedly on the plus side as entertainment. And-at one point, the second act climax, the burlesque and pathos are combined in a scene that stands out even in this highly touted season...

Author: By J. C. R., | Title: The Playgoer | 4/18/1947 | See Source »

Agassiz Theater at Radcliffe will house an Idler production of Lennox Robinson's "Is Life Worth Living?" tonight. The year's second 'Cliffe presentation, an Irish comedy, features Cathleen O'Connor, John Mannick '49, and Anna Prince...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Idler Play Opens at Agassiz This Evening | 4/17/1947 | See Source »

...Lennox Robinson joins Shaw and O'Casey this week in the ranks of Irish dramatists to be chosen for production by local College groups, when the Radcliffe Idler opens its production of his comedy, "Is Life Worth Living?" Thursday at Agassiz Theater...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HDC, Idler Feature Irish Comedies; 'Juno' Cast;' Cliffe Opens Thursday | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

...Elis, whose Boston headquarters will be the Hotel Lennox, are due to work out at the Stadium in a secret drill at 1 o'clock today, and the Crimson will follow them into the scene of Saturday's battle for a final brief workout at 3:30 o'clock. After the rally at Dillon, the squad will have its traditional pre-Yale dinner and entertainment at a nearby country club, and return to Cambridge later in the evening...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Band Serenades Varsity Squad's Final Workout; Mammoth Rally at 4:20 to Ignite Yale Weekend | 11/22/1946 | See Source »

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