11.
igen
box 18/3
UKLEN Room GeEsTS
JC HEAR KEIGLI, KEAT
Otto H. Kahn, Honor Guest at
Club Dinner, Departs Before
the Reading Begins.
STAGING LATER PROMISED
corn is
Telegram From David Belasco Says
in and
Theatre Is at Actors’ Disposal
Made
lasters.
at Any Time.
The manuscript of“ Reigen,“ the play
barred from production before a selected
audience by the Green Room Club, was
17
read privately last night to thé nem¬
bers of the club after a dinner at which
Otto H. Kahn had been the guest of
honor.
The original plan was to produce the
play in privaté at the Belasco Theatre
after the dinner to Mr. Kahn atthe club,
but John H. Sumner and the Soclety for
the Suppression of Vice protested
against the production on the ground
ARS
that the play was immoral and inde¬
ent.It was finally decided to read
tha script in private at the club. Mr
Kahn did not. remain fon che reading,
which was held in the small theatré at
the club after the dinner had ended in
the grill.
At the dinner. Harry L. Reichenbach,
the toastmaster, read a telegram from
David Belasco in which he said that
the actors’ organization could have the
4
theatre any time they wanted it for the
production. Mr. Reichenbach said after
the dinner that the actors’ organization
never had intended to open the play to
the publie, and that only mature per¬
sons were to have been admitted to the
performances.
EN
In a statement saying that the post¬
bur
ponement of the performance was ouly
ped
temporary, Rollo, Lloyd, Chairman öf
the Committee on Arrangements, sald
p¬
that“ in dealing with thls play’ of Ar¬
ines.
thur Schnitzler’s we have found nothing
Jare
but art.
The reactions of the general public to
Nc.
a play of this character is no concern of
* Dur
ours,“the estatement went on.
only concern was to insure the absence
of the general public—perhaps not sc
much to protect the public as to protect
Arthur Schnitzler’s play. The public
would debauch Reigen —this occurred
in Vienna and Berlin.
But sailors and others who regard
his play as a pornographic effort were
not included in our list of guests. Where
we failed—and our fallure is but tem¬
orary—was in, our ingenuous assump.
tion that Reigen' would not be attrac¬
tive halt for curtain custodians of the
OR
public virtue who have a weakness for
7
ssting typewritten statements.
The decision to read the play tonight
%
was prompted by this reason,
ng
2
As the play was read last night by
fit
Hal Crane and Ralph S. Stuart it evokec
much applause from the audience of
W.
actors
d.
Mr. Kahn was lauded at the dinner'a:
a patron of the arts by Mr. Reichenbac
b
and other speakers, and he, in turn. 831
that he thought all the arts in this coun¬
try merited support and enccuragement.
He added that he believedithé propor
tion of appreciation of art in Flfth Ave¬
nue and Avenue A was abeut the same,
and that Amerlea had a great responsi
bility to civillzation, especially if Europe
lagged behind.
POLICEMAN CATCHES
BOY THIEF IN STORE
2
Loot Consists cf. Di¬
Sh huf
FIFT
131
the
fas
I
en
bro
coll
ery
7
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Entire
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igen
box 18/3
UKLEN Room GeEsTS
JC HEAR KEIGLI, KEAT
Otto H. Kahn, Honor Guest at
Club Dinner, Departs Before
the Reading Begins.
STAGING LATER PROMISED
corn is
Telegram From David Belasco Says
in and
Theatre Is at Actors’ Disposal
Made
lasters.
at Any Time.
The manuscript of“ Reigen,“ the play
barred from production before a selected
audience by the Green Room Club, was
17
read privately last night to thé nem¬
bers of the club after a dinner at which
Otto H. Kahn had been the guest of
honor.
The original plan was to produce the
play in privaté at the Belasco Theatre
after the dinner to Mr. Kahn atthe club,
but John H. Sumner and the Soclety for
the Suppression of Vice protested
against the production on the ground
ARS
that the play was immoral and inde¬
ent.It was finally decided to read
tha script in private at the club. Mr
Kahn did not. remain fon che reading,
which was held in the small theatré at
the club after the dinner had ended in
the grill.
At the dinner. Harry L. Reichenbach,
the toastmaster, read a telegram from
David Belasco in which he said that
the actors’ organization could have the
4
theatre any time they wanted it for the
production. Mr. Reichenbach said after
the dinner that the actors’ organization
never had intended to open the play to
the publie, and that only mature per¬
sons were to have been admitted to the
performances.
EN
In a statement saying that the post¬
bur
ponement of the performance was ouly
ped
temporary, Rollo, Lloyd, Chairman öf
the Committee on Arrangements, sald
p¬
that“ in dealing with thls play’ of Ar¬
ines.
thur Schnitzler’s we have found nothing
Jare
but art.
The reactions of the general public to
Nc.
a play of this character is no concern of
* Dur
ours,“the estatement went on.
only concern was to insure the absence
of the general public—perhaps not sc
much to protect the public as to protect
Arthur Schnitzler’s play. The public
would debauch Reigen —this occurred
in Vienna and Berlin.
But sailors and others who regard
his play as a pornographic effort were
not included in our list of guests. Where
we failed—and our fallure is but tem¬
orary—was in, our ingenuous assump.
tion that Reigen' would not be attrac¬
tive halt for curtain custodians of the
OR
public virtue who have a weakness for
7
ssting typewritten statements.
The decision to read the play tonight
%
was prompted by this reason,
ng
2
As the play was read last night by
fit
Hal Crane and Ralph S. Stuart it evokec
much applause from the audience of
W.
actors
d.
Mr. Kahn was lauded at the dinner'a:
a patron of the arts by Mr. Reichenbac
b
and other speakers, and he, in turn. 831
that he thought all the arts in this coun¬
try merited support and enccuragement.
He added that he believedithé propor
tion of appreciation of art in Flfth Ave¬
nue and Avenue A was abeut the same,
and that Amerlea had a great responsi
bility to civillzation, especially if Europe
lagged behind.
POLICEMAN CATCHES
BOY THIEF IN STORE
2
Loot Consists cf. Di¬
Sh huf
FIFT
131
the
fas
I
en
bro
coll
ery
7
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Entire
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