Word: stuffs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This time these theatrical rum-runners are going to smuggle into our dry dramaturgic desert some strong stuff from Russia and give us for once a draught of the newer Russian vintage. Heretofore most of us have had a chance to taste Russian drama only through the beautiful but already somewhat old-fashioned and dusty museum pieces of the Moscow Art Theatre and the "twilight realism" that comes from the lower depths of Gorki's subterranean cellar or from the cherished charm of Chekhov's cherry orchard. Now at last we have a whack at a play by the most...
...wanted to go into an exegesis of its inner meaning, in to the "deep stuff", one might show that the "Main Thing" referred to by the title is the idea that illusion is as necessary in life itself as in the theatre, that illusion on the stage of life is even more enduring than on the stage of the playhouse, that illusion is "the main thing". "The Paraclete" referred to by the other title, is the eternal spirit who runs this show place called life and who seeing that men instinctively prefer pleasant lies to unpleasant truths, is a comforter...
...crowned their efforts in place of victory, it was their fault and the fault of Harvard. They knew better than the outside world the man for whom they were staking Harvard's football reputation. Such confidence is the greatest tribute that a coach can receive. It is of the stuff which raises lost hopes and sends a team against Yale which will not be beaten...
...That boss of yours thinks he can accomplish everything by the use of force. How long does he think he can get away with that stuff...
...stage patter put in print. It does not stand the test very well. She is engagingly frank in her manner but not very refreshing. Her "platitudes and plongitudes" are done with the usual zest, but they do not get anywhere. They do not read much better than the stuff of a newspaper reporter trying to be "racy." But those who love her on the stage will probably be satisfied with her in print...