In 1875, however, producer Richard D ' Oyly Carte reunited Gilbert and Sullivan to create a one-act piece, Trial by Jury, which became a surprise hit.

This became the one-act " Summersoft ", which he later rewrote into a short story, " Covering End ", and then expanded into a full-length play, The High Bid, which had a brief run in London in 1907, when James made another concerted effort to write for the stage.

After Odets ' one-act play Waiting for Lefty became a surprise hit, the Group announced it would mount a production of his full length drama Awake and Sing.

Whiteman became interested in featuring such an extended composition by Gershwin in the concert after he had collaborated with Gershwin in the Scandals of 1922, impressed by the original performance of the one-act opera Blue Monday, which was nevertheless a commercial failure.

Douglas became involved with the Miami Theater, and wrote some one-act plays that were fashionable in the 1930s.

Carte was able to bring Gilbert and Sullivan together again to write the one-act piece, called Trial by Jury, which became a surprise hit.

Written by Clifford Odets and directed by Odets and Sanford Meisner, the performance of Odets ' one-act play Waiting for Lefty, at the Civic Repertory Theatre in New York City, became a theatrical legend.

But the stuff of tragedy was not truly present and the play became only comedy acted rather slowly.

It became his custom to play during the lunch hour and on Sunday afternoons.

* 1970 – Patricia Palinkas became the first woman to play professionally in an American football game

Nimzowitsch never developed a knack for match play, though ; his best match success was a draw with Alekhine, but the match consisted of only two games and took place in 1914, thirteen years before Alekhine became world champion.

* GDP or GIDP — Ground into double play: number of ground balls hit that became double plays

In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage.

After Davy Force signed with Chicago, and then breached his contract to play in Boston, Hulbert became discouraged by the " contract jumping " as well as the overall disorganization of the N. A., and thus spearheaded the movement to form a stronger organization.

He became the second player in major league history to hit for the cycle and have an unassisted triple play, which he did on April 29, 2007, in his career.

Stories have been told about the very young Chet who, when a friend or relative would come to visit, and if that person played a guitar, would crowd in and put his ear so very close to the instrument that it became difficult for that person to play.

Summer would become the first well-known and most popular disco artist — eventually having the title " The Queen of Disco " bestowed upon her by various critics — and would also play a part in pioneering the electronic sound that later became a prominent element of disco.

In 1947, he claims to have become the first DJ to use twin turntables for continuous play, and in 1958 became a radio DJ at Radio Luxembourg.

In 1938, the Wings and the Montreal Canadiens became the first NHL teams to play in Europe, playing in Paris and London.

The final meeting of the Rules Committee tasked with reshaping the game was held on April 6, 1906, at which time the forward pass officially became a legal play.

According to Wray, Jean Harlow had been RKO's original choice, but because MGM put Harlow under exclusive contract during the pre-production phase of the film, she became unavailable and Wray was approached by director Merian C. Cooper to play the role of Ann Darrow, the blonde captive of King Kong.

The latter was based on Alexandre Dumas, fils ' play The Lady of the Camellias, and became the most popular of all Verdi's operas, placing first in the Operabase list of most performed operas worldwide.

That year, Walker became the first African-American to play in ANY post-season intercollegiate basketball tournament.

Many of the signatories would play a prominent role in Israeli politics following independence ; Moshe Sharett and Golda Meir both served as Prime Minister, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi became the country's second president in 1952, and several others served as ministers.

In 1982, Marrow met producer William Strong from Saturn Records, who recorded his first single, " Cold Wind Madness ", also known as " The Coldest Rap ", which became an underground success, becoming popular even though radio stations did not play it due to the song's hardcore lyrics.

He also became enamored of the piano and learned to play it on his own.

Later that year, Booth played the part of an Indian, Uncas, in a play staged in Petersburg, Virginia, and then became a stock company actor at the Richmond Theatre in Virginia, where he became increasingly popular with audiences for his energetic performances.

In September 2005, Polgár once again made history as she became the first woman to play for a World Championship, at the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005.

The team became the first NFL expansion team to make the playoffs three times in its first four seasons of play.

He went on to study law at Prague University ; during that time he also became involved in theatre ( as an actor he first appeared in Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek's play Czech and German in July 1832 in Benešov ), where he met Eleonora Šomková, with whom he had a son out of wedlock.

Del Rosario became famous in 1972 for his OMB ( One Man Band ) which could play the entire orchestra to the tune of cha-cha, boogie, and others.

Room sized installations became much less acceptable when two or more were required.

The opening song, " White Room ", became a radio staple.

With this film, she became the second French actress to win an Oscar, following Simone Signoret's win for Room at the Top in 1960.

She became the first French person to win an Academy Award, for her role in Room at the Top ( 1959 ).

The station was built within the grounds of Hillingdon House, a 19th century mansion bought by the British Government in 1915, and became most famous for being the home of RAF Fighter Command's No. 11 Group Operations Room during the Battle of Britain.

After 1935 the Mirror Room became the re-inspection department where all plates of mirror and " silvering " quality were re-examined.

The bawdy role revived her career and The Boys in the Back Room, a song she introduced in the film, became a hit when she recorded it for Decca.

After his death in 1754, it became a Billiard Room, until the 3rd Earl Brownlow had it refurnished more than a century later.

Other rooms on the second floor are mostly bedrooms, which include the Chinese Room ( directly above the Tyrconnel Room ) with its original hand painted 18th century Chinese wallpaper, the Yellow Room ( directly above the Blue Room ), and the Windsor Bedroom ( directly above the School Room ), so called following its use by King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, who became the Duke of Windsor after the abdication crisis of 1936.

In the great Underwriting Room of Lloyd's stands the Lutine Bell, which was struck when the fate of a ship “ overdue ” at its destination port became known.

This subsequently became the primary location of the U. S. operations of British Intelligence, British Security Coordination ( BSC ) during the War, with Room 3603 becoming the principal operations center for Allied intelligence, organized by William Stephenson, as well as the office of the future head of what was later to become the Central Intelligence Agency, Allen Welsh Dulles.

However the basement was converted to the " Green Room Club ", and then in 1950 the theatre became home to the small " Under Thirty Theatre Group ", who had good connections with the London theatre scene.

In 1988, The Grove became part of Fitzwilliam and today it is home to a number of fellows, as well as the Senior Common Room and the Middle Combination Room.

They quickly became the standard class for such work, and were nicknamed ' Kamer en suite '/' Room en suite ', possibly due to their large cabs.

She became an accomplished dramatic performer, starring in Looking for Mr. Goodbar ( 1977 ) and received Academy Award nominations for Reds ( 1981 ) and Marvin's Room ( 1996 ).

** The Allen Room a 508-seat amphitheater with glass wall overlooking Central Park ; as of August 2011, this space also became the recording studio for Anderson, a daytime-television talk show hosted by Anderson Cooper

McDermid comes from Kirkcaldy, Fife, and was educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford, where she was the first student from a state school in Scotland ( Kirkcaldy High School ), and became President of the Junior Common Room.

In 1985 he also became a league Vice-Chancellor, and made the formal toast to the guests, the Prince and Princess of Lippe, at the League's Annual Dinner in the Cholmondeley Room, The House of Lords, on 1 April 1986.

" Moreover, every year at Christmas, Marshall Field's downtown store windows were filled with animated displays as part of the downtown shopping district display ; the " theme " window displays became famous for their ingenuity and beauty, and visiting the Marshall Field's windows at Christmas became a tradition for Chicagoans and visitors alike, as popular a local practice as visiting the Walnut Room with its equally famous Christmas tree or meeting " under the clock " on State Street.