[DOC] The Media System in Russia by Veronika Streuer in Arts-Photography

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May Yohe was a popular entertainer from humble American origins who married and then abandoned a wealthy English Lord who owned the fabled Hope diamond--one of the most valuable objects in the world and now exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington; D.C. May was a romantic who had numerous lovers and at least three husbands--though the tabloids rumored twelve. One included the playboy son of the Mayor of New York. May separated from him--twice--and cared for her next husband; a South African war hero and invalid whom she later shot.Crossing the paths of Ethel Barrymore; Boris Karloff; Oscar Hammerstein; Teddy Roosevelt; Consuelo Vanderbilt; and the Prince of Wales; May Yohe was a foul-mouthed; sweet-voiced showgirl who drew both the praise and rebuke of Nobel laureate George Bernard Shaw. Nicknamed "Madcap May;" she was a favorite of the press. In later years she faced several maternity claims and a law suit which she won. She was hospitalized in an insane asylum and escaped. She ran a rubber plantation in Singapore; a hotel in New Hampshire; and a chicken farm in Los Angeles. When all else failed; she washed floors in a Seattle shipyard; and during the Depression held a job as a government clerk. Shortly before her death; she fought; successfully; to regain her lost U.S. citizenship.How was this woman; May Yohe; able to charm her way to international repute; live an impossible life; and also find the strength to persevere in light of the losses she suffered--in wealth; citizenship; love; and sanity? Madcap May; assembled from her writings and historical interviews; archival records; newspaper stories; scrapbooks; photographs; playbills; theatrical reviews; souvenirs; and silent film; tells her heretofore lost story.