As a boy certain things could not be done on the sabbath; later, as a theatre dancer, he loved playing Boston and Philad

As a boy certain things could not be done on the sabbath; later, as a theatre dancer, he loved playing Boston and Philadelphia because the law forbade dancing on Sunday, so the dancers worked six days and were paid for seven, which the singers and comedians resented.
Date (happened)
between 1905 and 1922
unresolved
  1. between 1905 and 1922 stated · probable · preferred
    Source Keep the Sabbath ¶4"when I was a boy", told in Keep the Sabbath (nid 1827)
Place
Boston possible
Persons
Told / reported
  1. 3 March 1967 stated
    Source Keep the SabbathKeep the Sabbath (nid 1827), telling 1827-3, told 1967-03-03
Sources

Source

  • Keep the Sabbath ¶4 (When I entered the theatre as a dancer, I loved to play Boston because we couldn’t dance on Sunday. So we would go out there on a weekend or for a week, we only worked six days; got paid for seven for that was part of the contract.)