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  • The Murder of Laura Foster

    The Murder of Laura Foster

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    The murder of Laura Foster was in all the papers. Did you miss it? You may have, the murder occurred in 1866. Shortly after a Confederate soldier returned home following his release from a Union Army prison, his girlfriend’s body was found in a shallow grave and Tom Dula was accused.

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Hy Mariampolski
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Broadway could not have evolved beyond the 1910s without the Theater Guild, founded in New York City in 1918 for producing the best and the brightest America could offer. Their influence began by bringing the works of G. B. Shaw to America and supporting O’Neill, Sherwood, Behrman, and Noel Coward. And, that was just the start, the blockbuster musical was on the way

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