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1929

Ernest Truex in Lysistrata was the high point of the 1929-30 Walnut Street Theatre season. This was the first production of the play in America. Truex is recognized as a great character actor of both stage and screen. He began his stage career as a child actor performing Shakespeare, where he was billed as "The Youngest Hamlet."

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