Mae West: "Break a leg"

On 26 February 1949, Mae West broke her ankle, endng an engagement at the Coronet Theatre [230 West 49th Street, a Broadway playhouse later renamed for Eugene O'Neill].
• • The revival of "Diamond Lil" had begun on 5 February.
• • Mae sued Manhattan's Chatham Hotel over a "defective" bathtub that caused her fall. The actress requested compensation of $250,000. Naturally, the cancellation of a show in any legitimate theatre - - where each actor has a union contract - - is a big expense, not to mention the box-office losses.
• • Unlike Americans, Italians would never say to an actor "break a leg." The Italian expression is "take the wolf" - - tengo il lupo.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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