Traveling Salesman, The
The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
|
2004
|
|
© The Oxford Companion to American Theatre 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information)
Copyright
Traveling Salesman, The (1908), a comedy by James
Forbes. [Liberty Theatre, 280 perf.] Beth Elliott ( Gertrude Coghlan) runs the depot at Grand Crossing. Although the local citizenry thinks she is “jest as smart as a steel trap,” she is naive enough to hope that no one will bid against her when her family property is auctioned off for back taxes. Bob Blake ( Frank
McIntyre), a traveling salesman, arrives in town and is immediately taken with Beth, and she with him. But a group of sharpies who are determined to buy the Elliott property make it appear that Bob has cheated Beth out of the land. By the time she realizes Bob is innocent, she has accepted the crooks' check, thereby apparently sealing a deal. However, when Bob learns that no married woman in the state can execute a deed without her husband's signature, an obvious and happy way out is found. Much of the earlier acts of the play were devoted to vignettes of contemporary small‐town life and developed the plot at what today would seem an unacceptably leisurely pace. Yet the charm of the piece and the excellent Henry B.
Harris production made it one of the major successes of its time.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
Vacuum etching technology: combined processes and interesting developments.
Magazine article from: CircuiTree; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; A new method of etching and a new additive have emerged in the aftermath of a combination of a vacuum etching technology with a pulse method. Given...continuous refinement of the process of vacuum etching on one hand and the coupling with the...
|
|
Rembrandt's etchings.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...work slowly and methodically. In etching, the artist draws on the soft wax...many artists tried to make their etchings look like engravings, Rembrandt...artist's sketchbook. Rembrandt's etching needle flew across the wax, indicating...
|
|
|
An improved etching technique for ultra-fine structures: A revolutionary etching concept--extraction of etchant to prevent the "puddling effect" and achieve improved etch uniformity. (Vacuum Etching Technology).
Magazine article from: CircuiTree; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; The etching process is one of the fundamental production...required conductive pattern is then created by etching away the unneeded copper not protected...main objective is therefore to achieve an etching result that is as even as possible. Further...
|
|
Art; Etchings, Passing the Acid Test
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/23/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...institution, and featured 413 etchings by 25 artists. Interestingly...you love the art of etching, because there are...as fine an example of etching technique as you'll...admired. The few Cassatt etchings and aquatints here are...American Women of the Etching Revival, at the National...
|
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
|
French etching dates from '30s, valued at $250
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 6/6/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...IN THE ATTIC Q. This etching has a label on the back that reads, "Original etching by Florence, Title...and the statement, "Etchings carrying this label...seeking for this type of etching. *** Helaine Fendelman...likely to consider French etchings such as "The Water...
|
|
Japanese Inventors Develop Etching Solution Regeneration Process
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/4/2007; 516 words
; ...Nobuhiko Izuta and Mitsugu Murata, both of Tokyo, have developed a regeneration process of etching solution, an etching process and an etching system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A regeneration process is...
|
|
LAWSUIT TAKES ON BOCH GLASS-ETCHING FEE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/3/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...insisted on including a $145 glass- etching fee in the price of the car. The fee...sale agreement. It covered the cost of etching a vehicle identification number on each...similar concerns about Boch's glass-etching fee in a story I wrote in February 2000...
|
|
Branching into laser etching: Lazer Graffix was established as a specialized division of an Iowa flooring company, and it is determined to increase the demand for stone etching in the Midwest.(Fabricator Case Study)(Streeters Decorating Center)
Magazine article from: Stone World; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Using a laser-etching machine from Vytek...a broad range of etchings for items such as...products we produce are etchings on 6- X 6-inch...this because the etching is forever. "Recently...foot wall mural [etching] with paint as...System for all of its etchings. "We plan to invest...
|
|
|
Etching Solutions.
Magazine article from: CircuiTree; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; edited from EPA-744-R-98-003 Etching is required for any of the process alternatives...this way, a copper circuit is formed. Etching is performed with conveyorized equipment...conveyorized units that include developing, etching, and film stripping are common only in...
|
|
Etching Expressions, a Custom Wine Etching Company, Launches New Web Site Featuring Wedding Favors and Mothers Day Gifts.(Website overview)
News Wire article from: PRWeb; 4/15/2009; 700+ words
; ...occasion, says Tasha Cook of Etching Expressions. Etching Expressions has unique wine gifts...gifts and corporate labels and etchings. Also featured on the site are...and articles. In addition, Etching Expressions' wedding line now...
|
|
etching
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...beginning a plate with etching and finishing it by engraving. Thus etching was not at the beginning...became. The first etchings belong to the early...rer made a few etchings, of which the best...Parmigianino was etching soon after 1520...
|
|
Engraving and Etching
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Engraving and Etching Origins and history of intaglio printing Evolution of etching techniques Resources Engraving and etching are processes used to make intaglio prints. An intaglio print is made from a plate, usually a metal one, which has...
|
|
|
soft-ground etching
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...used to coat the etching plate is softer...than in normal etching (various recipes...Soft-ground etchings bear a strong likeness...original soft-ground etchings were produced by...mouth into the etching ground.
|
|
Etching Revival
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Etching Revival. A term applied in Britain to a renewal of interest in etching as a creative printmaking technique, lasting from...to the First World War, following a period when etching had been used mainly for commercial work such as...
|
|
|
relief etching
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
relief etching. A method of etching in which the parts of the design that take the ink are raised above...the plate rather than incised into the plate (as in conventional etching). The design is drawn on the plate in an acid-resisting varnish...
|
