Word: zeno
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Zeno. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will be annoyed to learn that ectoplasm is not taken seriously by the producers of this singular melodrama. In the middle of a second act seance various ectoplasmic entities wander about the darkness sicklied o'er with the pale cast of greenish spotlights. It is subsequently explained that the entities are bogus and controlled by wireless from the next door attic...
During the spiritualistic proceedings somebody robs the safe, locking therein one of the best detectives in the play. When the lights finally begin to glow stock is taken and the deed ascribed to " Zeno." Zeno, it seems, is an important individual among criminals who has been making matters unpleasant for the local police the past six months...
Subsequently the actors discard the drama of gestures, speech and electricity and open fire. Although a dozen shots jab the darkness, aimed by individuals who should have known their business better, the intended recipients remain in normal health. In one last frenzied fusillade Zeno is discovered hiding right in the middle of everybody...