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Hybrid: They Both Reached For The Gun: Creating The Play "Chicago"
Wednesday, January 08
6:30pm - 7:45pm
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2025-01-08 18:30:00
2025-01-08 19:45:00
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Hybrid: They Both Reached For The Gun: Creating The Play "Chicago"
Central Library - Rasmussen Room
Central Library
Rasmussen RoomIn 1924 Beulah Annan was arrested, jailed, and acquitted for killing her lover, Harry Kalsted. Six weeks later, a jury acquitted her of murder. Inspired by the sordid event, Maurine Watkins, a reporter at the time, wrote the play Chicago, a Broadway hit that was subsequently adapted several times.
Join author Charles Cosgrove as he digs more deeply into the details of the crime and the validity of the play itself.
Part of our Chicagoland: Read All About It series.
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The Schaumburg Township District Library serves in excess of 134,000 residents in portions of the municipalities Elk Grove Village, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg and Streamwood. With over 1 million visitors each year, the library circulates over 2,000,000 items annually and is the second largest public library in the state of Illinois.
