next week, East Lynne

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  1. Suggests that something will fail and soon be ended. dated
    — The moving picture machine, which gave an amusing exhibition between the third and fourth acts, was, however, moved too rapidly, and as a result some of the pictures were blurred. Next week, 'East Lynne.'
  2. Suggests that a person's acting is poor and particularly melodramatic. dated
    — Mr. Derwent liked his actors to be theatrical (and they liked him because he would let them be theatrical) . He saw no wrong in their overplaying the soft and sentimental elements in their parts even though we pointed out how detrimental this was to the play.[…]Our only recourse was to wander mechanically around and prophecy that all this excess cooing and gushing could only invite from the critics: Next week "East Lynne."

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East Lynne was a popular 1861 novel by Mrs. Henry Wood with numerous stage adaptations. Urban legend stated that if a stage show was failing, the theatre manager would cancel it by declaring "Next week, East Lynne!" as it was a guaranteed moneymaker and part of the standard repertoire.
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