Life — August 11, 1927 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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The Drama in Vienna Vienna, July 1th. HE theatrical season in Vienna suffered a te setback last night, owing to the fact that all the You can't put on much of a show with every one under hogsheads six or seven blocks rary retors and audiences were hiding in cellars: AWAY It seems that some one (thought to be started a revolution just at theatre-time, what a revolution is. the Shuberts ind you know Gunfire, Ostbahnhof schauspielhaus the Osthahnhofschau- thausgesellschaft was playing a piece of Von “Die shooting started. The first act opens with Niegratz read- ing a letter from Ulma Lufdorf in which she says that she doesn’t sec A Tthe spie Reitergenossen’s called Passionsblun when the any reason why they can't get together on She asks him 4 servant Janssen this thing and show a little cooperation Just then comes in and says that there is a man nat if Gelba is standing in his way who wants to see Nieqratz. two men sit down at the table Nockerl. then draws out a map on which he points out where the new clubhouse be if they ean the vy. While they are talking Jrma enters and starts flirting with Niegratz. He Janssen enters and the and order Paprikahuhn mit Janssen ever raise takes her in his arms and they sing a duct called “Es ist gleich billigt wird oder nicht.” It was at the third second verse of this song that the revolutior at qleichqeltiq tig ob es ) qe- bar of the started out- side in the Ringstrasse UST as U Niegrat= ist ob— ithe door from alley Anotl and skimmed over the the 1 suburb of Vier and Trr 1 large bullet came ind fixed the through the huhn. The this morning in Bu ss chandelier just dandy back dro actor play rcame role of Janssen was ort, clothes-hamper Nieqratz a went ind out into the lobby, where, king s were Phe formance was called off for the duration of the war. billing and assuring themselves that their pict in the frames, they left for Czechoslovakia per- the indicating out the city © managers blamed the unseasonable but the to be that something would have to be done i NHE report was r thro some the same from theatres in 4 general business Son we ather, med t the before gunfire, consensu from under the the box-offices would begin to pick up rectors audiences out Robert Benchley. 4 Gn fidentiak2 Owing to the time it takes to print Lire, newspapers the continuance of the att w Thing, More or Less Serious _ om ‘ . Saturday's Children. "y Comedy and Things Like That ride who faces the { The Secone Man. Gui Abie's Irish Rose. Eye and Ear E: Africana. Dal 1 Broadway. / personalit ie The Const Barry Austria P Hanne ant Wife. r G re proving ind Street Follies. The Circus Princess. Winter Gar readers should verify from the daily k Deck Kiss Me. / The Manhatters A Night in Spain. i Padlocks of 1927 ntertainment cry ¥ Pegey-Ann. Rang Tang. Rio Rita comicbooks.com