Word: ricciardi
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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MISTER MALATESTA-If everything happened to the audience that Mr. Ricciardi (author and principal actor) intended should happen, there would be a sustained sound of laughter bubbling up through tears. It is another Abie's Irish Rose, with one of the nationalities somewhat altered. The Abie in this case is an Italian immigrant who has acquired wealth and a resolute Hibernian spouse. The attendant complications need scarcely be enumerated. They include the intrusion on the wife's well-ordered domain of organ-grinders and spaghetti-jugglers from Mr. Malatesta's laborious past. They further include a titled...