In his new biography, "When Caesar Was King" (published by Schocken Books), David Margolick explores how 1950s comic Sid Caesar reinvented the art of comedy in the new medium of television. Read an ...
FREEDOM, FAREWELL!—Phyllis Bentley —Macmillan ($2.50). HAIL, CAESAR!—Fletcher Pratt—Smith & Haas ($3.50). With the same workmanlike technique she used in her novels of Yorkshire mill-towns, Phyllis ...
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For those interested in the history of statecraft, there are few topics more compelling than the Roman Republic, and in particular the reasons for its fall. Josiah Osgood, professor of classics at ...
We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In his new biography, "When Caesar Was King" (published by Schocken Books), David Margolick explores how 1950s comic Sid ...
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