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Word: toller (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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shocking the aristocracy. Instead of commanding the presence of Joseph Schwartz, famed baritone, she went to his home and listened to soft music and beautiful singing. As if this were not bad enough, she interested herself in the plays of Socialist Gerhart Hauptmann and Communist Ernst Toller. ¶ Recently, vainglorious Wilhelm II had two portraits painted. In one, he was dressed as a general; in the other, as an Arctic explorer. The story (probably false) said that even the respectful and faithful servants of His ex-Majesty were convulsed with laughter every time they looked at the latter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Die Kaiserliche Familie | 9/29/1924 | See Source »

...billboards in Berlin appeared the opening announcement of Hinkemann, a play by Ernest Toller. The public were requested if they did not like the show, to leave quietly or be thrown out by a special guard of boxers and wrestlers. The play had just been withdrawn from Dresden where it created numerous disturbances. Hence the precautions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News Notes, Mar. 17, 1924 | 3/17/1924 | See Source »

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