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Word: tis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...latest stratagem employed by the Harvard Dramatic Club to advertise their production of "'Tis Pity She's a Whore" is a poster displaying Gothic arches. The arches lend an Elizabethan atmosphere and at the same time utilize perspective such that the word "whore" is barely visible to casual passers-by. If they could do it, the HDC would like to do away with this world altogether, since it has delayed printing orders, cancelled window displays, and prompted the hasty removal of posters from utility poles around the Square...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Tis Indeed... | 11/30/1957 | See Source »

...Master Builder" by dues and contributions collected from its members. The successful production of the Ibsen play was held over for two extra performances last Friday and Saturday, substantially increasing its total profits. After paying its expenses, and covering part of the costs of the HDC's next production, '"Tis Pity She's a Whore," Cushman estimated that the organization would end up about $300 in debt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HDC Nears Solvency, Assisted by Proceeds From 'Master Builder' | 11/18/1957 | See Source »

Discussing publicity for '"Tis Pity She's a Whore," John Ford's drama of incest, the club's former president, David E. Green '58 noted that there might be objections in Cambridge to the last word of the title. He said that the Cambridge Trust Company has refused to display an advertisement for the production in their windows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HDC Nears Solvency, Assisted by Proceeds From 'Master Builder' | 11/18/1957 | See Source »

...hush, my child, 'tis poor papa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 11, 1957 | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

...past. Hopkinson's deferential A Toast to Washington was written to commemorate his appointment as commander in chief of the Continental Army. A watery, hymnlike piece reminiscent of O Worship the King, it is chiefly remarkable for its naive but hearty lyrics, also supplied by Hopkinson, e.g., " 'Tis Washington's health / Fill a bumper all round / For he is our glory and pride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Sep. 9, 1957 | 9/9/1957 | See Source »

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