GLOSSARY


CLOSE THE IRON DOOR


FLIT


GONE TO POT IN THE CAN


OPIUM DREAM MIELZINER To shut out completely


Oscar often tells Oliver and Owen that he closes the iron door on them.


A brand of insecticide from the late 1920s


Oscar sings that he will spray Flit in the faces of his enemies.


Broken, defective, substandard Lily sings about Cyril and how he’s gone to pot.


When a film is finished and ready to be shown to the public


Letitia Primrose says that the Mary Magdalene movie is in the can.


An unrealistic expectation; a fantasy


Oliver tells Oscar that having Lily agree to be in his play is an opium dream.


A French scenic designer from the Golden Age of Broadway, who is considered to be the most successful designer of that time


Max tells Lily that the sets for his play will be created by Mielziner.


VARLET


MOLYNEUX ROTGUT SLUG


SOMERSET MAUGHAM


An English fashion designer


Max tells Lily her costumes will be made by Molyneux. Cheap liquor


Oscar asks to be brought rotgut. Swig Oliver asks for a slug from a bottle.


A British author and playwright who was the highest paid writer in the 1930s


Max tells Lily that his play is written by Somerset Maugham.


A dishonest or unprincipled person Owen refers to the secretary of the train as a varlet.


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