C.B.S. begins with discussing the fiddler's strike and his general opinions on the matter. He follows this with a favorable review of Brougham's performance of Playing with Fire at the Winter Garden.
C.B.S. mentions that prior to Brougham's performance in Playing with Fire at the Winter Garden, the principal role had only been played by Lester Wallack (217).
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Described as a "golden woman of poetical tendencies," Shaw was born to an Ohio clergyman (Kendall 305). Shaw married young but divorced and was shunned by her family as a result (Lawson 104).