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Volume 13, Issue 34 - Feature #6166

IT'S IN THE BOOK by (Johnny Standley / Art Thorsen)

I think that I wrote you about Johnny Standley and this recording several years ago! Johnny had been a member of the Standley Family Players who had followed the chautauqua circuit (traveling shows)over Oklahoma towns and those north to Nebraska. A few years ago I was rehearsing for a play with the (now defunct) Mummer's Theater in Oklahoma City and between scenes I made the remark: "It's In The Book", to which our director Mack Scizm said: "Roy, this lady next to me is Martha Standley Knott, and it was her brother Johnny who recorded that record called "It's In The Book"! And then he (and she, Martha) told me the story about the Standley family of actors who had done varios little plays and skits while traveling 'on the road' with these presentations. Martha and her daughter performed in several of the "Mummer's" productions.

Roy Kendrick - 2011-08-29 10:20:37

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