Word: theatrelandâ
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Dates: during 1927-1927
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...very similar to Clytemnestra's by methods scarely more gruesome than those set forth in the play. The U. S. man and woman, were sent to the electric chair, objects of public horror. But from the circumstances that Miss Anglin's play was written when there were giants in theatreland??? by Sophocles of Athens?and that Miss Anglin is a truly great tragedienne and director, her deserving of her medal was if anything heightened. The most glib and cocky of metropolitan critics could not deny that the towering pretensions of classicism had been fulfilled. On the vast stage...
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