Her specialty is incongruity, for Marie Dressler is a Burlesquer in thought, word, and deed, and being a Burlesquer she is of necessity absolutely without illusions.
"Famous Prima Donnas"
Lewis Clinton Strang
With nothing especially tangible to offer as evidence, I have a suspicion that Marie Dressler, if she could escape from her reputation as a Burlesquer, might act a "straight" part not at all badly.
"Famous Prima Donnas"
Lewis Clinton Strang
I believe that after the scope of the burlesque made itself clear, there was no one there, including the Burlesquer himself, who was not smitten with a desolating dismay.
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William Dean Howells