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Book Review of Clarence, a Comedy in Four Acts

Clarence, a Comedy in Four Acts
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An old three-acter (1921) that starred Helen Hayes and Alfred Lunt, this is almost impossible to find in print, even at an exaggerated price tag. Billed as a comedy, in the classical sense of the theatrical term, I found little humor, although the plot is absurd. I never did comprehend why Clarence played the masquerade. Read it if you are a Tarkington buff, else take a bye.