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Allen, Kelcey. Rev. of The New Man. Women’s Wear Daily 24 Apr. 1932:16.

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---.   “Melancholy Time of Year.” New York Times 10 Mar. 1940, sec. lX: 2.

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---.   Rev. of  Worlds Apart. New York Times 23 Jan. 1941:19.

---.   Rev. of Day of Judgment. New York Times 9 Oct. 1941: 27.

---.   Rev. of Shylock and His Daughter. New York Times 30 Sept. 1947: 22.

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---.    Rev. of The Dybbuk. New York Times 21 Sept. 1921: 9.

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---.   Rev. of Yoshe Kalb. Forward 3 Oct. 1932:4.

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---.   Rev. of The Inspector-General. New York Times 1 May 1923:24.

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---.   Rev. of Bird of Paradise. New York Times 15 Mar. 1951: 37.

---.   Rev. of Salome. New York Times 25 Mar. 1953: 37.

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---.   Rev. of The Last Jew. Day 11  Nov. 1921: 9.

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---.   Rev. of Day of Judgment. 7 Oct. 1941:17.

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---.   “The Yiddish Stage’s Year.” New York Times 17 May 1931, sec. Vlll: 2.

---.   “Art and Mr. Schwartz.” New York Times 30 Dec. 1931, sec. Vlll: 1.

---.   “The Yiddish Stage: A Hit and a Moral.” New York Times 17 Jan. 1932, sec. Vlll: 3.

---.   “Again the Jewish Stage.” New York Times 25 Sept 1932, sec. lX: 2.

---.   “Yiddish Stage Plans Local Season.” New York Times 25 Aug. 1940, sec. lX: 2.

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---.   Rev. of The Brothers Ashkenazi New York Times 12 Nov. 1955:24.

---.   Review of A Hole in the Head. New York Times  26 Nov. 1958: 25.

---.   “Trouble on Second Avenue.” New York Times 21 Sept. 1958, sec. ll: 2.

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---.   Letters to Frances and Anna Schwartz. 5 Dec. 1956, 31 Dec. 1956. YIVO collection, New York City.

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---.   “Can New York Support a Better Theatre?” Day 2 Mar. 1918:3

---.   “Theatre in a Democracy.” New York Times 1 Dec. 1940, sec. X:1.

---.   “Appreciation of the Histrionic Art.” Jewish Forum Feb. 1947:23.

---.   Letter. New York Times 11 Oct. 1925, sec. Vlll:5.

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---.   Letter to Leon Hoffman. 28 July 1938. YIVO collection, New York City.

---.   Letter to Max Friedlander. 17 Dec. 1939. YIVO collection, New York City.

---.   Letter to Reuben Guskin. 21 Oct. 1941. YIVO collection, New York City.

---.   Letter to Lewis Nichols. 3 Oct. 1945. YIVO collection, New York City.

---.   Letter to Frances Schwartz. 16 Feb. 1959. YIVO collection, New York City.

---.   Letter to Frances and Marvin Schwartz. 14 Feb. 1949. YIVO collection, New York City.

---.   Letters to Anna Schwartz. 26 Oct. 1950, 27 Oct. 1950, 28 Oct. 1950, 4 Jan. 1957, 1 Feb. 1957, 14 Feb. 1959. YIVO collection, New York City.

---.   Letters to Marvin Schwartz. 7 May 1956, 18 June 1956, 2 Oct. 1956, 10 Jan. 1957, 10 June 1957.
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---.   Rev. of Day of Judgment. 15 Oct. 1941:50.

---.   Rev. of Take Now Thy Son. 16 Mar. 1953:59.

---.   Rev. of  Salome. 17 Sept. 1953:24.

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                       "Once a Kingdom" is being published exclusively online by the Museum of Family History with the permission of the Estate of the late Martin Boris. Boris was born in New York City and attended New York University and Long Island University. He was the author of three novels and numerous articles on various subjects. This was his first biography and is the only known biography of the renown actor and impresario Maurice Schwartz.  Before his passing in 2000, Boris was involved in various other local activities, such as conducting  the Literary Roundtable for Nassau Community College,  and serving as the Victim Impact Panel Coordinator for the Long Island chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.