box 3175
25. Professer Bernhandr
BXTRAOT FROM
REFEREE,
Street, E.C.4
JENr 1936
4
SIET
SL.
TAGE
love¬
so subtle, and so Havonred with irony.
rather wordy de¬
and
that it more than compensates for the
velopment.
Tet
lack of the
normal attributes of
there is not a word
theatrical entertainment. For, in spite
too much.
of this somewhat formidable descrip¬
victory?
The
cene.
tion, here is an entertainment of a very
That appears to go
rthe high order indeell.
to
the doctor,
s, yet
partig because
O
Rationalism will
knit,
TACT in a play is a negative virtue.
nearly always win
if the case is pro¬
Net 1 could not imagine a Jew v.
Roman Catholic controversy carried
perly put, and
also because of
on with the scales of justice so evenly
held.
the magnificently
The political as opposed to the reli¬
persuasive per¬
*
(3
gions entanglements are possibly of
formance of Mr.
mere interest in the land ofthe play's
Abraham Sofaer.
birth. Austria, than theyare here. Yet
On the other
they are arranged with such intrinsic
hand, the dice are
value as theatrical dialogue that they
not loaded against
Tare worth listening to, and never cease
clericalism;
ohe
to be an essential partrof one of the.
en
can see the point
m
K
most intellecttktt“ provabutrte plage
Fr view af
Thave seen for a long Hime.
priest ##. Inr. PRIEST u. RROFESSOR.- Abraham Sofaer (lesf) picks a quarrei with Bernard Meredith
nard Meredith—
O
another good per¬
in“ Professor Bernhardi at the Embassg.
formance—and efthose who uphold it,
THHE simple episode on which this
and one can sympathise with them.
confliet between Jewish science
and Christian clericalism has been
O
based is that a brilliant doctor, a Jew,
FIHERE is only one female character
has under bis care a woman wilo is
in" Professor Bernhardi“: the
dying She does not know that she
minor one of a hospital nurse.
is dring; but she will know if the
priest (sle is a Roman Catholic) visits
The Embassy Theatre, which has
her, and her last moments would proh¬
many good plays to its credit, has
ablg be filled with the terror of death,
never produced one so likely to pro¬
of which she is at the moment bliss¬
mote thie sanest and best type of dis¬
fully unconscious. So he forbids sthe
cussion. If it reaches a West-End
priest access, not for anti-clerical
theatre and stays there for any length
Preasons but because it appears to him
of time, high marks should be awarded
to West-End audiences. I trust they
both a rational and a humane
will be.
thing to do.
O
TIHIS'straightforward incident starts
the very deuce of a row, and the
remainder of the play is devoted to its
25. Professer Bernhandr
BXTRAOT FROM
REFEREE,
Street, E.C.4
JENr 1936
4
SIET
SL.
TAGE
love¬
so subtle, and so Havonred with irony.
rather wordy de¬
and
that it more than compensates for the
velopment.
Tet
lack of the
normal attributes of
there is not a word
theatrical entertainment. For, in spite
too much.
of this somewhat formidable descrip¬
victory?
The
cene.
tion, here is an entertainment of a very
That appears to go
rthe high order indeell.
to
the doctor,
s, yet
partig because
O
Rationalism will
knit,
TACT in a play is a negative virtue.
nearly always win
if the case is pro¬
Net 1 could not imagine a Jew v.
Roman Catholic controversy carried
perly put, and
also because of
on with the scales of justice so evenly
held.
the magnificently
The political as opposed to the reli¬
persuasive per¬
*
(3
gions entanglements are possibly of
formance of Mr.
mere interest in the land ofthe play's
Abraham Sofaer.
birth. Austria, than theyare here. Yet
On the other
they are arranged with such intrinsic
hand, the dice are
value as theatrical dialogue that they
not loaded against
Tare worth listening to, and never cease
clericalism;
ohe
to be an essential partrof one of the.
en
can see the point
m
K
most intellecttktt“ provabutrte plage
Fr view af
Thave seen for a long Hime.
priest ##. Inr. PRIEST u. RROFESSOR.- Abraham Sofaer (lesf) picks a quarrei with Bernard Meredith
nard Meredith—
O
another good per¬
in“ Professor Bernhardi at the Embassg.
formance—and efthose who uphold it,
THHE simple episode on which this
and one can sympathise with them.
confliet between Jewish science
and Christian clericalism has been
O
based is that a brilliant doctor, a Jew,
FIHERE is only one female character
has under bis care a woman wilo is
in" Professor Bernhardi“: the
dying She does not know that she
minor one of a hospital nurse.
is dring; but she will know if the
priest (sle is a Roman Catholic) visits
The Embassy Theatre, which has
her, and her last moments would proh¬
many good plays to its credit, has
ablg be filled with the terror of death,
never produced one so likely to pro¬
of which she is at the moment bliss¬
mote thie sanest and best type of dis¬
fully unconscious. So he forbids sthe
cussion. If it reaches a West-End
priest access, not for anti-clerical
theatre and stays there for any length
Preasons but because it appears to him
of time, high marks should be awarded
to West-End audiences. I trust they
both a rational and a humane
will be.
thing to do.
O
TIHIS'straightforward incident starts
the very deuce of a row, and the
remainder of the play is devoted to its