Word: lothar
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...turn in the hands of their wives, it is the attache's business to handle the wives. Such, at least, is the idea that forms this comedy which probably would seem all right in French, though it was originally written in German (by Rudolph Lothar and Fritz Gottwald), but sounds too broad in English. The tool of France is in this instance played by that notable actor of elegant gentlemen, Basil Rathbone. In an international crisis, he undermines the wife (Mary Nash) of the Spanish minister of war, who, by ardent persuasion, is coaxed into donning red pajamas during...
...Werewolf: Described by Alexander Woollcott as "the most sedulously pornographic comedy of recent years," this adaptation from the German of Rudolph Lothar created a stir in Manhattan last week. Mr. Woollcott went on to describe the play as one "with three acts, nine actors and six cases of adultery...
...Werewolf?Laura Hope Crews, Leslie Howard and J. Lennox Pawle will appear presently in what is rumored to be the most offensive (to censors) play that has ever appeared on the U. S. stage. It is adapted from the German of Rudolph Lothar...