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Word: toller (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Bloody Laughter is strong theatrical brew. It was written by Ernst Toller who has spent a good deal of his time in various German jails since the War for being an incorrigible Red. His Man and The Masses was produced by the Theatre Guild...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 14, 1931 | 12/14/1931 | See Source »

Using the stage as a soap box, Playwright Toller now harangues through the character of Egon Hinkemann (Maurice Schwartz). Before he marched off to fight for the Fatherland, Egon was a strapping fellow with a beautiful wife (Helen MacKellar). He returns from the fray an emasculated wreck, "no man at all." To make a living he astonishes side show crowds by biting the heads off guinea pigs. "They want blood!" says his manager. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 14, 1931 | 12/14/1931 | See Source »

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