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box 31/5
25. BrofzonBerhanar
—
EXTRAOT FROM
WEEKLY SCOTSMAN,
North Bridge, Edinburgh.
G
THE WEEKLY SCOTSM
Contrasts in
GREENRSom Gossi..
some parts of the world, that it is
a
play, he calls for bottles of brown ale. This briefs; the m
Drama and Comedy
relief to escape from reality into unreality.
must be an expensive production to run, for
writing sym
during the evening at least two dozen bottles
But the background of Spring Tide' is
munerative“
of beer are opened and the contents disposed
rea lenough. It is that of a cheap London
DLAYGOERS who like strong contrasts in
of by Sinclair and other members of the cast.
result is that
boarding-house run by a retired barmaid. She
plays, are advised to pay visits in suc¬
Soon after the May begins, the boarding¬
is as lovable a soul as Miss Louise Hampton
period there
house is faced with crisis. Mrs Porret (Miss
cession to" Dr Bernhardi“ at the Phcenix
can make her, and her boarders all appeal to
tweive peopl
Louise Hampton), announces that she is
us in their own way.
Mostly the boarders
Theatre, and" Spring Tide“ at the Duchess
yoting people
heavily in debt that she will have to close
are young people who have come to London
Theatre. The first-named play, which was
They all he
the place. The news fills the boarders with
to try to make their way. and find their pro¬
staged at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cot¬
dismay, for they know they will find it diffi¬
claration of
gress towards fortune decidedly sticky.
tage, for a trial run, has been brought by Mr
cult to get so much credit elsewhere. But
There is a young artist who cannot sell his
who still can
Ronald Adam to town in the expectation,
Mr O’Hara (Mr Arthur Sinclair) comes for¬
pictures, a young barrister without briefs, a
ward with a plan.
accept, on th
which Ithink is fully justified, of a West End
young shopgirl without a job, a young music
success.
It is that the whole boarding-house should buted anythin
student who thinks she can write better tone¬
It is by the American dramatist, Arthür
be moved to bis derelict houseboat at Chis-Hlove with hin
poems than Sibelius, and a voun¬ girl jour¬
Scimitzler, and is presented, of course, in an
wick, and run as a co-operative enterprise.
show of reluch
nalist out of a regular job. Two elderly
English version. Although it was written
off.
Each member is to put two-thirds of his
boarders are a confidence trickster, and an
semetime ago, it is topical at least in the re¬
or her earnings into a pool for an agreed
Irishman living on a small pension. The
In the fina
spect that anti-Semitism is topical." Spring
period, at the end of which the profits if
Porrett, the
latter part is taken by Arthur Sinclair, and
Tide,“ by George Billam and Peter Goidsmith.
any, are to be divided among the lot. Tbis
wealthy som
it is the best in the whole plav
is one of thw most delightfully artificial
turns out to be, in the end, a very profitable
O’Hara.
comedies of recent months. In its general
arrangement for all concerned.
Good for the Brewers
and they mis
romanticism and theme. it reminded me very
another“Apa
He it is who encourages the young people
much of" The Good Companions,' by J. B.
nthe
and sc
Stage Fairy Tale
Priestley, though I may have been uncon¬
when they are down and discourages them
lot
young
sciously influenced to make this comparison
The barrister, discouraged by Mr O’Hars London.
when they are inclined to be too optimistic.
by Mr Priestley’s name on the programme—
And at regular intervals throughout the
from writing plays, begins to obtain lucrative lthem with an
as joint manager of the Duchess Theatre.
In this play we are untroubled by any feep
undercurrents of racial and religious confliet
Aanri Uamim AAIipEmR K
We meet a set of people whom it is a joy te¬
know, even though we realise that the way
things work out for them is not the way
things normally work out in real life. Vet, I
confess that I derived more pleasure from
the
this glimsy. unreal comedy, than from
serious, true-to-life episodes and characters
in Dr Bernhardi.“
Race and Religion
In Dr Bernhardi, the action passes in
Vienna, and the principal character is a dis¬
tinguished Jewish physician, who is the head
of a local hospital. We see him in the first
act at the hespital, specially concerned in the
fate of a poor street girl whose mode of life!
e
has led her to death’s door. She only has an
hour or twoto live, but does not know it. On
the contrary, the last phase of her illness is
such that she believes she is getting well and
will soon be out of hospital.
Dr Bernhardi decides to let her die happily,
without knowing that her end is near. But
Austria is a Catholic country, and it ig the
custom, when one of the Catholic faith is
dying, to inform the priest, who comes ##
administer the. last sacraments and give
absolution. The priest
is duly informed
by the authorities, without Dr Bernhardi's
knowledge, and we see him arrive, prepared
te discharge his religious office.
interesting Problem
Just as he is about to enter the ward, Dr
Bernhardi appears, and suggests io the priest
that he should not go to the dying girl, as his
presence and the performance of the religious
box 31/5
25. BrofzonBerhanar
—
EXTRAOT FROM
WEEKLY SCOTSMAN,
North Bridge, Edinburgh.
G
THE WEEKLY SCOTSM
Contrasts in
GREENRSom Gossi..
some parts of the world, that it is
a
play, he calls for bottles of brown ale. This briefs; the m
Drama and Comedy
relief to escape from reality into unreality.
must be an expensive production to run, for
writing sym
during the evening at least two dozen bottles
But the background of Spring Tide' is
munerative“
of beer are opened and the contents disposed
rea lenough. It is that of a cheap London
DLAYGOERS who like strong contrasts in
of by Sinclair and other members of the cast.
result is that
boarding-house run by a retired barmaid. She
plays, are advised to pay visits in suc¬
Soon after the May begins, the boarding¬
is as lovable a soul as Miss Louise Hampton
period there
house is faced with crisis. Mrs Porret (Miss
cession to" Dr Bernhardi“ at the Phcenix
can make her, and her boarders all appeal to
tweive peopl
Louise Hampton), announces that she is
us in their own way.
Mostly the boarders
Theatre, and" Spring Tide“ at the Duchess
yoting people
heavily in debt that she will have to close
are young people who have come to London
Theatre. The first-named play, which was
They all he
the place. The news fills the boarders with
to try to make their way. and find their pro¬
staged at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cot¬
dismay, for they know they will find it diffi¬
claration of
gress towards fortune decidedly sticky.
tage, for a trial run, has been brought by Mr
cult to get so much credit elsewhere. But
There is a young artist who cannot sell his
who still can
Ronald Adam to town in the expectation,
Mr O’Hara (Mr Arthur Sinclair) comes for¬
pictures, a young barrister without briefs, a
ward with a plan.
accept, on th
which Ithink is fully justified, of a West End
young shopgirl without a job, a young music
success.
It is that the whole boarding-house should buted anythin
student who thinks she can write better tone¬
It is by the American dramatist, Arthür
be moved to bis derelict houseboat at Chis-Hlove with hin
poems than Sibelius, and a voun¬ girl jour¬
Scimitzler, and is presented, of course, in an
wick, and run as a co-operative enterprise.
show of reluch
nalist out of a regular job. Two elderly
English version. Although it was written
off.
Each member is to put two-thirds of his
boarders are a confidence trickster, and an
semetime ago, it is topical at least in the re¬
or her earnings into a pool for an agreed
Irishman living on a small pension. The
In the fina
spect that anti-Semitism is topical." Spring
period, at the end of which the profits if
Porrett, the
latter part is taken by Arthur Sinclair, and
Tide,“ by George Billam and Peter Goidsmith.
any, are to be divided among the lot. Tbis
wealthy som
it is the best in the whole plav
is one of thw most delightfully artificial
turns out to be, in the end, a very profitable
O’Hara.
comedies of recent months. In its general
arrangement for all concerned.
Good for the Brewers
and they mis
romanticism and theme. it reminded me very
another“Apa
He it is who encourages the young people
much of" The Good Companions,' by J. B.
nthe
and sc
Stage Fairy Tale
Priestley, though I may have been uncon¬
when they are down and discourages them
lot
young
sciously influenced to make this comparison
The barrister, discouraged by Mr O’Hars London.
when they are inclined to be too optimistic.
by Mr Priestley’s name on the programme—
And at regular intervals throughout the
from writing plays, begins to obtain lucrative lthem with an
as joint manager of the Duchess Theatre.
In this play we are untroubled by any feep
undercurrents of racial and religious confliet
Aanri Uamim AAIipEmR K
We meet a set of people whom it is a joy te¬
know, even though we realise that the way
things work out for them is not the way
things normally work out in real life. Vet, I
confess that I derived more pleasure from
the
this glimsy. unreal comedy, than from
serious, true-to-life episodes and characters
in Dr Bernhardi.“
Race and Religion
In Dr Bernhardi, the action passes in
Vienna, and the principal character is a dis¬
tinguished Jewish physician, who is the head
of a local hospital. We see him in the first
act at the hespital, specially concerned in the
fate of a poor street girl whose mode of life!
e
has led her to death’s door. She only has an
hour or twoto live, but does not know it. On
the contrary, the last phase of her illness is
such that she believes she is getting well and
will soon be out of hospital.
Dr Bernhardi decides to let her die happily,
without knowing that her end is near. But
Austria is a Catholic country, and it ig the
custom, when one of the Catholic faith is
dying, to inform the priest, who comes ##
administer the. last sacraments and give
absolution. The priest
is duly informed
by the authorities, without Dr Bernhardi's
knowledge, and we see him arrive, prepared
te discharge his religious office.
interesting Problem
Just as he is about to enter the ward, Dr
Bernhardi appears, and suggests io the priest
that he should not go to the dying girl, as his
presence and the performance of the religious