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From today's featured articleSamuel Mulledy (1811–1866) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit. Born in Virginia, he attended Georgetown College in Washington, D.C., where his brother, Thomas F. Mulledy, was the president. He then entered the Society of Jesus in 1831 and proved to be a good student. He was sent to Rome to study for the priesthood and to prepare for teaching. Upon his return, he held senior academic positions, culminating in his appointment as president of Georgetown College in 1845. Mulledy reluctantly accepted the position but requested to be relieved just eight months later. He continued to teach and minister, until his expulsion from the Jesuit order in 1850 due to alcoholism. For the next decade, he was a transient at churches in Massachusetts and New York, until being assigned to St. Lawrence O'Toole in New York City, where he remained for the rest of his life. On his deathbed, Mulledy successfully petitioned to be re-admitted to the Society of Jesus. (Full article...)
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The Magistrate is a farce by the English playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. The plot concerns a respectable magistrate who finds himself caught up in a series of scandalous events that almost cause his downfall. It was Pinero's first attempt at farce, and he tried to raise the genre from the low, pantomime level by creating believable characters in credible situations. The play was a great success, opening at the Court Theatre in London on 21 March 1885, where it played for 363 performances in its first run. Three touring companies were needed to meet the demand for the play in the provinces. This poster, depicting the titular character, is an advertisement for the premiere of The Magistrate at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh on 20 July 1885. Poster credit: Clement-Smith & Co.; restored by Adam Cuerden
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