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A British dowager performs her annual duty of opening the village bazaar. This requires a brief speech, much meeting and greeting, and the purchase of many locally produced items, including gilded bulrushes ("I know exactly where I'll put them.") and tambourines painted with, among other things, the Houses of Parliament, from the brush of "a little crippled girl...She's never walked but she paints beautifully." "Bazaar" was probably composed in 1929, when Draper described it in a letter to a friend. The recording is released here for the first time.

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Ruth Draper Brooklyn, New York

Ruth Draper was the undisputed queen of the one-woman theater in the 20th century. Throughout nearly forty years as a professional performer, Draper filled theaters all over the world through her unique ability to transform herself into a vast array of characters. Draper composed more than fifty monologues over the course of her career, seventeen of which are available here. ... more

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