They were married at two o’clock in the afternoon, then did a show that night. Neil was a member of the Actor’s Equity Association and wanted to have Angell’s become an Equity show, but Mr. Angell was opposed. The Equity representative visited the show in August and explained to Neil that he would have to leave Angell’s if it did not become all-Equity or give up his Equity card. Neil left the show. After a belated honeymoon, the Schaffners heard about a tent show in trouble. They investigated, and soon took over management of the company.
REPERTOIRE THEATRE When pioneers founded the thousands of towns and villages that comprised the American frontier, one of the first important structures to be erected in most of these communities was the town hall, opera house, or in some cases grand opera house. The term “opera house” was a misnomer since very few of them ever actually