Life, 1893-11-09 · page 10 of 18
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# Analysis of "Mrs. and Mr. Kendal Again" This page satirizes a theatrical scandal involving Mr. and Mrs. Kendal, performers at New York's Star Theatre. The article criticizes theater management for opening a show at 8:15 p.m. without adequate notice, causing disruption when latecomers arrived during the first act. The accompanying illustrations depict a domestic dispute: the wife (Challie) complains her husband sent a telegram saying he'd work late, then learns he actually attended his club. She sarcastically suggests she would "stay up till three" waiting for him, expressing marital frustration about infidelity or neglect. The satire mocks both theatrical mismanagement and upper-class marital tensions typical of early 20th-century Life magazine humor.
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MRS. AND MR. KENDAL AGAIN. ITH the courtesy which New York theatrical managers usually show to the people who pay for seats in their theatres, the management of tar Theatre advanced the opening time of their last week's perform- from 8.15 P.M. to eight o'clock, without sufficiently advertising that fact. The result was that the people who came on time were constantly a disturbed through the first act by those who didn’t. HOOKy IBLE WHAT I JUST FOUND. 1m Tue id HAY-LOFT. I'LL RIG UP IN IT AND SCARE THE The play at stake was performed by Mrs. and Mr. Kendal and their tie our THAT OLD HAYSEED DOWN THE ROAD,” company, and was entitled “ The Silver Shell.” The author was Mr. H. J. W. Dam, an American, The nativity of the author may possibly account for the “*GoopNess Gracious, MR. New, I pity any ONE WHO LAYS EYES ON You.” See ha Cholly: 1 SHOULD HATE TO MARRY SUCH A BRIGHT WOMAN, WHY, LAST WEEK “THAT LETTER WAS STUCK UP THERE LAST HER HUSBAND SENT HER A TELEGRAM SAYING HE SHOULD STAY LATE AT THE NIGHT, Now I Jes’ WANTER SEE THEM BUCKS, OFFICE, AND SHE SENT AN ANSWER TO THE CLUB THAT SHE WOULD SIT UP TILL WHATEVER THEY BE, JES’ TACKLE ME. EF THE: THREE, ONLY SAIL IN RIGHT Now.” comicbooks.com