Word: thumpings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Brass Buttons. Beneath the broad blue bosom of a Manhattan cop an honest heart goes thumping through this play. He rescues Rosie Moore from suicide. Thump, thump. She becomes a mother, poor unmarried lass. Thump. The cop finds her betrayer. Thump, he smites him on the jaw. He marries Rosie. Thump, thump, thump. The acting seldom has a chance. Experienced playgoers waiting to be stirred went through the evening, thumpless...
...frail, twisted figure of a man hobbles into the House of Commons. Doorkeepers pity his crippled body, and portals open as the tapping thump of his two rubber-tipped canes approaches. But statesmen do not pity the Right Honorable Philip Snowden. They respect the power and swiftness of his mind, fear the sting of his unpleasant, rasping tongue. He, as Britain's only Laborite Chancellor of the Exchequer, presented a maiden budget (TIME, May 12, 1924), so clear and masterful that cheers rang from every quarter of the House. Now, since Labor has gone out and Conservatism come...
...roast boar's head is hewn to skull and tusks. Mead has been spilled on the oak and the king's strong-thewed companions, none over 30, sprawl, snore or listen intently to the end of a long-drawn saga sung by Maccus, the harper. They thump the board with their cups at the finish. The ladies, gathered apart, lament the saga's true-loving hero...
Good old slap stick comedy! There is a great joy in seeing and hearing the sound thump on the pants of the retreating actor, to see all the king's horses and all the king's men fall thudding down upon the stage. Mix this with a little romantic irony and two quarters of a pint of boisterousness-result, applause. The first night audience at "The Orange Comedy" applauded often and more often. Nor was it the feeble courtesy to friend and foe 30 often a part of amateur theatricals: it came from the moist palm of approval...
...reeled crazily in the air, sideslipped, almost dropped into the foam. The cook sought to lure it to alight and rest by spreading meat scraps upon the stern. The eagle soared once more by great effort, distanced the ship for an instant, suddenly appeared to faint in midair, fell thump upon the deck...