Today is the birthday of the great midwestern humorist, author and playwright George Ade (1866-1944). I’ve already blogged here about his Fables in Slang and other humor, including his piece “Zoroaster and Zendavesta“, about a couple of vaudevillians. What I didn’t realize at the time, was that Ade had a considerable footprint in vaudeville himself. Like many playwrights, […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:28PM on February 9, 2016