Word: parlorized
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...entire story takes place in a staid Victorian parlor an Angel Street, London, in 1880. Gas lights, spats, hand-kissing, penis envy and everything. Mr. Manningham (Edward Kaye-Martin) is tormenting his lovely Victorian wife (Innes McDade) in those early scenes, trying to convince her very subtly that she is going insane. Of course, in Victorian England, nothing could be worse than being called crazy. And how does...
...takes a portrait off the wall and hides it behind a cupboard and when his wife enters the parlor, Mr. Manningham authoritatively interrogates her on the whereabouts of his missing painting. Getting frantic and confused, Mrs. Manningham admits that she must have hidden the thing, quite unbeknownst to her own conscious mind. Mr. Manningham's conclusion is that she must be crazy...
...COMIC relief comes never too soon in the person of Rough (that's right), a feisty and eccentric ole London detective, who sweeps in with a bottle of Scotch whiskey and the story of an ancient crime commited right in Mrs. Manningham's parlor. John Guerrasio brings the play to life with his odd characterization. Mrs. Manningham settles down, Mr. Manningham's motives are revealed, and Rough sprouts about the stage with his Holmesian moustache and pipe, becoming both the saving touch of credibility to the play, but also the final measure of mystery that escalates this belated tale...
...every chip purchased for casino tables, with additional levies for big emporiums, thus bringing casino players into parity with betting-parlor habitues, who are already taxed...
...Nevada's largest casinos, who built a fortune by stressing that nothing in the management of gambling be left to chance; after an operation for an aortal aneurysm; in Rochester, Minn. Harrah got his start in the 1930s by buying his father's failing bingo parlor in Venice, Calif., for $500; ever after, he catered to the small-time player. At both his Reno and Lake Tahoe gaming resorts, Harrah used computers to track daily profits and detect betting-table swindles. He also hired guards to watch for cheaters from high catwalks and through one-way ceiling mirrors...