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Word: ptomania (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Crowns and Clowns" deals with the political ups and downs of the distant land of Czecho-Ptomania where a lazy king and a fiery Bolshevik each take their turn in making the people's existence wretched. It is entirely a travesty on Bolshevism, portraying the socialist rule in its humorous aspects. In the cast are included a real dog and an unreal horse, each of which plays its part in ridiculing the Bolsheviks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRAVESTY BOLSHEVISM IN PUDDING COMEDY | 4/11/1919 | See Source »

...cast of characters will be as follows: Ivan, King of Czecho-Ptomania, amorously uninterested in the governmental, C. A. Clark, Jr., '19 Anna, sister of the King, Cupid's contribution to Bolshevism, H. C. Flower, Jr., '19 Borus, would be president of a would be republic of Czecho-Ptomania, C. Canfield '19 Catherine, sister of Borus, a socialist with a social twist, D. H. Read '19 General Hupincoff, J. Lavalle, J.r, '18 Colonel Umptski, A. Horween '20 Gumbutoff, Anabaptistical Attendant Idolizing Borus, R. H. Ware '20 Flitch, his dog, a Ptomania fleece-hound, The Dog Peter B. Heinz...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRAVESTY BOLSHEVISM IN PUDDING COMEDY | 4/11/1919 | See Source »

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