Harpo Marx Harpo Marx Arthur "Harpo" Marx (born Adolph Marx; November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, mime artist, and musician, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers. In contrast to the mainly verbal comedy of his brothers Groucho Marx and Chico Marx, Harpo's comic style was visual, being an example of both clown and pantomime traditions. He wore a curly reddish blonde wig, and never spoke during performances (he blew a horn or whistled to communicate). He frequently used props such as a horn cane, made up of a lead pipe, tape, and a bulbhorn, and
Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe is presently being overseen by Gerald Hubmann. The "MEGA" of today was not the first attempt to publish a complete collection of the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in their original language. Already in the 1920s and 1930s a "first MEGA" or "MEGA" was published by the Marx-Engels Institute in Moscow under the direction of David Riazanov, a Marxist scholar and revolutionary. "MEGA" was originally intended to comprise 42 volumes, of which 12 volumes were published between 1927 and 1935. After Riazanov was removed as director of the Marx-Engels Institute in February 1931 (and killed in a perfunctory