Four of the Three Musketeers
The Marx Brothers on Stage
“As far as I’m concerned, the Marx Brothers practically invented comedy. And I love this great new book about them by Robert Bader!”
- JERRY SEINFELD
“A new benchmark in Marx scholarship"
- LOS ANGELES TIMES
“Fascinating”
- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Before film made them international comedy legends, the Marx Brothers developed their comic skills on stage for twenty-five years. In Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers on Stage, Robert S. Bader offers the first comprehensive history of the foursome’s hardscrabble early years honing their act in front of live audiences.
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TODAY IN MARX BROTHERS HISTORY
September 24, 2022
Animal Crackers was peformed for the first time on any stage on this day in 1928. The pre-Broadway tryout was at the Shubert Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
September 23, 2022
President Calvin Coolidge attended a performance of The Cocoanuts at the National Theatre in Washington, DC on this day in 1926.
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