Source: Chess Review, June 1955, p. 165
Herbert Halsegger notes another example of actors playing chess, in this case Walter Slezak. The title of this post is that of Slezak's autobiography. According to the entry on Wikipedia, this refers to the story of Slezak's father - also an actor - who, playing Lohengrin, missed entering the swan-shaped boat on which he was supposed to leave the stage. He reacted by asking, "what time's the next swan?" Mr. Halsegger notes that Slezak also featured on the cover of the July 1953 issue of the same magazine:
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