Word: life
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Executive Director Blau, an amiable, dark-haired little man of the age the English call "thirtyish," is a native of Nagy-varod, Hungary. He has spent most of his life in the U. S. For eight years he taught Economics at the College of the City of New York. As a certified public accountant he had as a client the Theatre Guild, for which he devised a "fiscal week" sys tem. Each Saturday night the books were closed, reckoning made. Systematizing backstage procedure, he fell naturally into stage managing. Goat Song and Androcles and the Lion were...
...Life's Tickets...
...purposes of advertising, Life, weekly funnypaper, has started a theatre ticket service whereby seats may be obtained at box-office prices by mail orders sent at least one week before the performance date. There is no charge for the service. To combat scalping. Life seats are not delivered to buyers until after 8 p. m. on the performance night...
Last week Life reported receiving many an order, many a thank-you letter telling of good seats, satisfaction...
...Other St. Louisans are designing scenery, working backstage. Famed headliners-Mary Eaton, Leon Errol, Lulu McConnell-have already accepted contracts for the summer season. Like the city's successful Municipal Opera Company, the theatre will be in the open air, under a dome of boughs. Top price: $2.50. Life membership in the Society (entitling to 20% price reduction): $25. These frolics al fresco are counted on to stimulate theatre-unconscious St. Louisans so that next winter a program of more serious dramatics may be given with profit. Plays of John Galsworthy and Frederick Lonsdale have been considered for presentation...