Word: winkel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...death of Frank Bacon last Sunday closed a career that was notable in an era of stage notabilities. Surely no man since Jefferson in "Rip Van Winkel" has been seen by so many people in a single part, and no part has held a place of warmer affection than that of Lightnin' Bill Jones. "Lightnin'", along with "The Bat", will be a by-word for theatrical success long after both plays are discarded. The fact that the play itself was hardly worth the candle of Bacon's personality makes his achievement all the more interesting...
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