Word: toured
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sydney, Australia, came one Palmer Kent, composer, whom listeners judged-either a lucky fellow or a great liar. He had been on a walking tour in the New Hebrides, where head-hunting cannibals still abound, when a band of blackamoors, nearly nude save for weapons, surrounded him with melting eyes. Defenseless, he instinctively began to wriggle his toes, his feet, his ankles, knees, hips, shoulders, to fling his whole body about in the loose gyrations of the Charleston. So enchanted were the cannibals, he said, that they took lessons, gave him presents instead of eating...
...rate of $1,000,000 a year. Less gorgeous are more than 550 other "Publix" theatres owned and controlled by the corporation, and earning profits. This year Beau Geste, Old Ironsides, Wedding March, Wings, Rough Riders and The Greatest Show on Earth, all Famous Players-Lasky productions, will tour the country as though they were plays on the legitimate stage, expecting to succeed as did The Covered Wagon, which as a "road show" earned $1,000,000 net. Because the Paramount trademark is so widely known, the corporation name may be modified to: Paramount Famous Lasky Corp...
...Maddern Fiske, Margaret Anglin, Harrison Grey Fiske, announce a "migratory dramatic institution" whose Broadway appearance will be merely incidental to an itinerary that will include scores of cities. The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare's farce in which wenching Falstaff involves himself in domestic infelicity and intrigue, will tour 30 weeks. Otis Skinner, "guest star," is to joggle about in the role of the urbane rogue. The plan is to present modern U. S. and European plays on occasion but, for the most part, to produce "classics...
...same autumn 1927) that Mrs. Fiske starts her tour, the Theatre Guild of New York will launch a "road" enterprise. Four plays, Mr. Pirn Passes By, The Silver Cord, The Guardsman, Arms & the Man, will be presented in principal cities by a permanent company of Broadway actors under Guild supervision. The plays noted are among the most successful in the repertory...
During the Easter recess, six players will go on a tour through the south, while next summer three men will go to England in conjunction with Yale to play teams from Oxford and Cambridge...