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Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and writer of fiction, plays and screenplays based in New York; she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.
The group that would become the Round Table began meeting in June 1919 as the result of a practical joke carried out by theatrical press agent John Peter Toohey.Toohey, annoyed at The New York Times drama critic Alexander Woollcott for refusing to plug one of Toohey's clients (Eugene O'Neill) in his column, organized a luncheon supposedly to welcome Woollcott back from World War I, where he ...
Dorothy Parker wrote the poem "Ninon De L'Enclos On Her Last Birthday" and also referred to Ninon in another of her poems, "Words Of Comfort To Be Scratched On A Mirror". L'Enclos is the eponymous heroine of Charles Lecocq 's 1896 opéra comique, Ninette .
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Author and poet Dorothy Parker became famous for her wit in discussions at the Algonquin Round Table (Algonquin Hotel). Parker wrote: "By the time you swear you're his, Shivering and sighing, And he vows his passion is Infinite, undying – Lady, make a note of this: One of you is lying." Lorraine Hansberry
Though most people say 'Looks like we're not in Kansas anymore,' or 'Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore,' those quotes aren't quite right. Dorothy actually says 'Toto, I've a feeling we ...
A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York (ISBN 0-9766706-0-7) from Roaring Forties Press Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway, 1918-1923 ( ISBN 978-1-4917-2267-1 ) from Donald Books The Lost Algonquin Round Table: Humor, Fiction, Journalism, Criticism and Poetry From America’s Most Famous Literary Circle ( ISBN 978-1-4401-5152-1 ) from Donald Books
Read more:Dorothy Parker's Life of Counterpoints The contestant agreed with Jennings' assessment of the famed poet's 20th-century observation, replying, "very." Wallace's fellow competitor, health ...