Word: thespianism
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Yancey Cravat, silver-voiced lawyer, dead shot, thespian idealist, came up from the Cimarron, from a dubious past, to decorous Wichita, Kan., captivated Wichita's belle, Sabra Venable, carried her off with him over the protests of her family to help build the new Territory of Oklahoma. They settled in Osage City (a fictitious name), where houses were scarce, water scarcer, whiskey and sudden death plentiful, a man's life worth less than a horse's. Yancey started a newspaper, made many friends, many enemies. At Osage's first church service, held in Arkansas Grafs tent-saloon, Yancey killed...
Three courses of instruction are to be offered this coming half year by the Cambridge School of the Drama, it was learned last night from a preliminary announcement of courses which is now in the process of publication. This booklet describing the new Thespian School contains a summary of rules governing the new institution, and the regulations concerning the conduct of the courses...
...forth comes from his recent so-called fight with Campolo, who has been variously called the worst, the saddest, and the most pitiful exponent of the leather-slinging art to appear for a long time. And the fame which Scott garnered from this bout is certainly much more Thespian than pugilistic in nature. It wouldn't have been surprising if Scott had been given the job of head Roman gladiator in the next Hollywood production of Ben Hur as the result of his meeting with the toppling tower of the Argentine, but that of opponent (one New York sports writer...
Anyone who knows of a barn capable of holding this Thespian collection should notify the Dramatic Club's office in Ridgeley Annex...
Yesterday the Harvard Dramatic Club placed on exhibition in the window of Leavitt and Peirce's an old revolver used on the Western ranges in the 'eighties by Major Frank North, Partner of Buffalo Bill, which is to be flourished by one of the thespian cowpunchers in "The Chisholm Trail" next month...