THE BREAKING POINT
1923
The Breaking Point is a three act play by Mary Roberts Rinehart, based on her 1922 novel of the same name. It was originally produced by Wagenhals and Kemper with staging by Mr. Kemper.
This was Rinehart’s first attempt at adapting her own prose for the theatre without a collaborator.
The play is set in the home of Dr. Livingston and the Clark Ranch in Norada, Wyoming.
Suburban doctor Dick Livingston discover that he suffers from amnesia. An actress appears and calls him by a name he does not know. A reporter accuses him of being guilty of a crime committed out in Wyoming ten years before. The doctor rushes to Wyoming discover the facts about the roughneck he used to be. He had loved the actress, killed her husband, escaped, got double-pneumonia and amnesia and turned respectable. But when ho gets out West he finds the sheriff after him. The sheriff la at the house, too, and when he goes out one door the man he wants comes in through another. Finally, ln a fit of anger the doctor knocks the reporter down and suddenly old memories flood his mind. Quick as a flash he becomes the fellow he was ten years before and just as he did then, escapes by the window.
Based on her positive experiences with a previous play, Rinehart chose Washington DC for her play’s world premiere; June 25, 1923 at Poli’s.
“Between the acts, Mrs. Rinehart was called on for a curtain speech. She declined on the grounds that the only effective speech by an author she had ever heard was on the occasion that the curtain came down on the speakers neck just after he had said 'Ladles and Gentlemen.' So Mrs. Rinehart just said 'Thank You' and retired with the masses of flowers that were presented to her.” ~ ‘THE OBSERVER’
Next, the play opened in Atlantic City at Nixon’s Apollo Theatre (Boardwalk and New York Avenue) on July 2, 1923. After AC, the play moved to AP, playing the Savoy in Asbury Park.
Unusually, Paterson NJ’s Lyceum also hosted the play pre-Broadway for two nights only on August 13 and 14. Oddly, these dates were also advertised for the Shubert in New Haven. It is unclear which booking was fulfilled.
The play opened on Broadway at the Klaw Theatre (251 West 45th Street) on August 16, 1923. It ran 68 performances.
ABOUT THE VENUE: In 1929, the Klaw became the Avon. In 1934, it was leased (and later sold) to CBS. When CBS sold it in 1953, the new owners demolished the theatre and replaced it with a parking structure. It was named for the producer and theatre owner Marc Klaw, who partnered with Abe Erlanger on many productions from 1996 to 1919. This theatre opened in 1921.
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After the play closed on Broadway, it was immediately sold for stock and amateur productions, The first of which cropped up by the end of October 1923.
In 1924, Paramount released a film version of The Breaking Point starring Nita Naldi.
The film opened in Atlantic City on July 16, 1924 at the Virginia Theatre on the Boardwalk.
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List of books I read in 2023
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
L'homme semence by Violette Ailhaud
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
On Magic & The Occult by W.B. Yeats
Faithful Place by Tana French
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Opened Ground: Selected Poems 1966-1996 by Seamus Heaney
The Love Object by Edna O'Brien
Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Night by Elie Wiesel
In Between the Sheets by Ian McEwan
The Lost Days by Rob Reger & Jessica Gruner
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Parallax by Sinéad Morrissey
The Woman in the Strongbox by Maureen O'Hagan
Diaries, 1910-1923 by Franz Kafka
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
Walking to Martha's Vineyard by Franz Wright
A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki
Mouthful of Forevers by Clementine von Radics
Wasteland by Francesca Lia Block
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Find Me by André Aciman
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
The Grace Year by Kim Ligget
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Psycho by Robert Bloch
Classic Tales Of Vampires And Shapeshifters by Tig Thomas
Love Devours: Tales of Monstrous Adoration by Sarah Diemer
Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Putney by Sofka Zinovieff
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
The Maid by Nita Prose
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
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Thank you so much to everyone that submitted recommendations this week! A comprehensive list of this week’s submissions can be found under the cut! Recommendations are organized by show/media, and any main pairings will be listed after the title.
❄️ = 18+ content
Fics:
The Clone Wars:
New Beginnings (Corrie!Dogma x f!Reader) by @reader6898
Forbidden Masks (Kix x f!Reader) by @deejadabbles
❄️ Second Chances (Commander Wolffe x f!Reader) by @cyarbika
❄️ I Yearn, and so I Fear (Commander Wolffe x OC Kazi Ennari) by @enigmaticexplorer
❄️ Unwritten (Captain Rex x OC Mari Vontas) by @rexxdjarin
❄️ Captain's Log (Captain Rex x f!Reader) by @rexxdjarin
❄️ Invisible Barriers (Fi Skirata x f!Reader) by @the-rain-on-kamino
The Clone Wars Gets a New Victim (Ahsoka Tano x OC Grim Kennet) by @chaosgod4life
Even Though You're Gone, You're Still Around (Commander Bly x Aayla Secura) by super_heroine_addict (AO3)
A Way Out for Two (Cad Bane x Obi-Wan Kenobi) by @feybarn
❄️ One Step at a Time by @wild-karrde
Let Me Do It Right by TrickyTricky (AO3)
Like Real People Do by Witless_clown (AO3)
The Night Comes Down Like Heaven by @galacticgraffiti
The Bad Batch:
❄️ Same Heart (Echo x f!Reader, Fives x f!Reader) by @dumfanting
❄️ Doctor's Orders (Captain Howzer x f!Reader) by @grampsoninspace
Happy Hatch Day by @eclec-tech
The Book of Boba Fett:
True Rumors (Boba Fett x OC Seba) by @kimiheartblade
On the Dome (Drash x Jo) by @btwxsixesandsevens
Star Wars Prequel Trilogy:
A Murderous (and Talkative) Legacy by Dom_Avner (AO3)
The Rising Darkness (Obi-Wan Kenobi x f!Reader) by @marierg
Star Wars Original Series:
Stars In Their Multitudes by @jedi-valjean
Batman:
In Another Life (Selina Kyle x Bruce Wayne) by @dlaugh
Bouncing Baby Bat by EmpressGeek (AO3)
Maybe with a Shift in Planets by @sunflowersandink
Apartment Policy: No Dragons Allowed by Bricksheep (AO3)
The Night Shall Call Your Name (You Must Answer) by Fandom_Trash224 (AO3)
"And it's Cassandra with the Steel Chair!" by destiny919 (AO3)
QUARANTINED: RED ROBIN'S TIK TOK ACCOUNT by @justthatonegirl1815
Marvel/MCU:
Hopeful (Bucky Barnes x Sarah Wilson) by @philtstone
Fire Emblem Series:
Kulning (Annette Fantine Dominic x Felix Hugo Fraldarius) by @Star_on_a_Staff (AO3)
Art:
The Clone Wars:
Fox-Inspired Tooka Art by @st4r-t3ars
Commander by @finpews
It's Commander Cody with a steel chair! by @merlyn-bane
Captain Rex Art by @pinkiemme
Gregor, Wolffe, and Rex Art by @comradewolfe
❄️ Captain Rex and OC Mari Vontas Art by @rexxdjarin
What was I made for? by @spicyclones79s
Your Bodies Seed the Stars by @aliettali
❄️ In the Meadow by @the-rain-on-kamino
Jet is Doing His Best by @for-the-sake-of-color
Hogsteed Concept Art by @art-of-wackylurker
OC Nihlus Meets a Hogsteed by @art-of-wackylurker
OC Ayyshu Family Art (Chuckles, Arni, and Nita) by @ninjigma
The Bad Batch:
Tech and Omega Art by @jedizhi
Crosshair Art by @melymigo
The Baby Batch: Shaak Ti Meets the Bad Batch Babies by @ladykagewaki
Bloodborne:
Good Hunter by @artofchinara
The Legend of Vox Machina:
❄️ "We're going to start with the Courage" by @lyaholya
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