celebrated group new_york_city writers critics actors gathering initially practical joke members vicious circle dubbed met lunch day hotel roughly engaged newspaper columns members country daily association outside inspired members circle collaborate creatively entire group worked successfully create revue called helped launch hollywood career years association number members acquired national contributions literature sparkling wit contemporaries later life members group reputation endured long dissolution origin group began meeting june result practical joke carried theatrical press agent annoyed new_york_times drama critic refusing plug clients column organized supposedly welcome world war correspondent stars stripes instead occasion fun number fronts enjoyment joke success event prompted suggest group attendance meet day lunch group gathered room later called oak room long rectangular table increased number manager moved rose room round table initially group called board board meetings assigned named group christened board finally vicious circle round table gained wide currency cartoonist brooklyn eagle group sitting round table wearing armor membership charter members included columnist actor columnist sportswriter married playwright freelance writer worked women rights playwright director critic poet short story writer screenwriter broadway producer new_yorker editor author playwright broadway publicist critic journalist membership official fixed moved circle included actress playwright actress author playwright actress actress journalist feminist married ross editor playwright married writer historian magazine illustrator comedian film star writer playwright screenwriter journalist composer actress comedian actress activities addition daily members worked associated constantly group devoted games including poker group poker club literary met hotel saturday nights regulars game included ross non round silk merchant heir actor writer sitting group played called simply game sentence game spawned memorable sentence word lead think members visited private island owned governed biographer located acres middle lake vermont engage usual array games including murder called simply murder plus number practical constantly pulling time went jokes elaborate spent weeks playing particularly memorable joke involving prized portrait copies slightly periodically secretly swap later comment earth wrong portrait eventually returned original portrait given literary theatrical activities members inevitable write stage revue staged night april popular european touring revue called directed genesis studio served salon away acts included opening chorus featuring adams providing key accompaniment gets musical number featuring song blues written performed accompanied chorus girls including curse heart play act item note emerge contribution treasurer report parody delighted attendance hired deliver report berlin week report later short sound film sound film system film kicked second career hollywood success round hoped duplicate official vicious circle production open public material performed professional actors funded revue named revue opened november failure running performances decline round table members moved ventures outside new_york_city inevitably group drifted apart early 1930s broken said realized arrived rose room lunch day found group table occupied family kansas asked happened group replied reservoir fifth avenue second street things forever members group remained friends dissolution parker particular remained close death political strain relationship group come understand gathered following death simply realized public response legacy number members regular newspaper columns activities members reported national press brought widely public consciousness renowned contemporaries fans group critics accused exchanging favorable works advance group accusing consumed elaborate practical jokes admired circle critic commenting fellow writer ideals actor extremely know group showed best seller described group called brother associate comfortable amidst price admission tongue half concealed members later life particular criticized group despite parker bleak assessment true members famous famous instead literary output members associates contributed literary landscape including winning work circle members won associate legacy ross new_yorker lasting contributions realms stage screen broadway films remain popular parker remained renowned short stories literary reviews number literary theatrical lodged helped earn status new_york_city historic landmark hotel designated hotel designated national literary landmark based contributions round table organization bronze plaque attached hotel rose room removed hotel paid tribute group commissioning hanging painting vicious circle depicting round table created replica original table hotel occasionally stages original musical production talk town latest production started september ran end year film members year lunch won dramatic film parker recounted perspective portions film rich famous set film characters played refers film featured scandal titular character meet group attend documentary produced dvd release film grandson editor published collection early writings group hollywood movie nasa engineer refers describing crude communication established stranded astronaut thirty minute round trip communications time ask yes questions point camera won exactly
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