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Saturday, July 15, 2023

The Geriatric Chronicles, Episode 21: The Rise of the Commodes

 


Runcibl'd Spooner: The Truth Shall Set You Free

     The London season of 1892 sees British 
theatre actor/manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree
stage his own production of Hamlet at London's 
Haymarket Theatre. Notwithstanding The Times's 
declaring Tree's effort a "notable success," one 
Mr. W. S. Gilbert disagrees, saying of it, "I never 
saw anything so funny in my life..."
     The disgruntled performer confronts Gilbert, 
challenging that man's negative review, but the 
successful librettist stands his ground. 
     "Fear not, my dear fellow, even though...
the sooth shall fret you, Tree."

What A's Still Not For: A Revised Reissue Of An Early Illuminated Alphabet

The 2019 original "What A's Not For," addressed to a boy and his sister, indicated one at a time to that anonymous pair not on...