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Word: sams (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Third Act. Sam's mother, after the wedding, tells her that congenital insanity in the Evans family forbids her having babies. Already pregnant, loving her coming child and her husband through him, Nina is nearly destroyed. She consents to an abortion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 13, 1928 | 2/13/1928 | See Source »

...Fourth Act. Husband Sam, ignorant of the family taint or Nina's operation, haunted with the fear that he is sterile, is losing his grip on life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 13, 1928 | 2/13/1928 | See Source »

...Fifth Act. Again Nina is pregnant. Though terribly in love with each other Nina and new-father Darrell are afraid to tell Sam because the divorce would smash him utterly; particularly if he learns of his family insanity. Sam is told he is to be a father. Darrell departs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 13, 1928 | 2/13/1928 | See Source »

...Sixth Act. Incredibly encouraged husband, and seeming father, Sam is making huge business strides. Darrell, still sharply in love, returns. Nina, still at heart his mistress, welcomes him but they still dare not tell Sam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 13, 1928 | 2/13/1928 | See Source »

...college eight. Watching from the expensive Evans yacht are Nina, her three men, and a flapper in love with her son. She hates the flapper about to take her son; jealously tries as did her own father to smash the match. Son wins the race. Stoutly successful, Sam dies of apoplexy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 13, 1928 | 2/13/1928 | See Source »

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