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Exposihon
—
Vogue Off Imtermatiomallisom-
Five
Works From Britaim
S
By THE DRAMATIC CRITIC
'yellow journalism“: this work also vas
given at the Ambassadeurs theatre.
TNTERNATIONALISM now the
Three plays, which may be convenien¬
world-fashion in experi¬
UIy classed as Danubian, were produced.
Ithe most striking being Mr. Lajos Zila¬
mental polities, has become ash###-#e#chological crime comedy.“ pre¬
feature, perhaps only temporarily
sented at the Madeleine under the title
lof" Cette Nuit-la“ in a brilliant
but not the less notable, of
Freuch adaptation by M. Denys-Amiel.
theatrical activity in Paris. That
the author of" Trois contre Une.“ the
great Freuch success of ihe past season.
18 to say, the Paris theätre, considered
The other Danubian“ importations¬
as a body. is giving more attention to
were:
the dramatic output of other nations
than seemed necessary to it in that
Cabrioles.“ a cardonic füntasy
period of ancient history: "before the
Mr. Lerneth Holenia, produced at the
war.“
Théätre de 1’(Euvre and owing not a
Then. M. Antoine and M. Lugne-Poe
little cf its effect to the humorous ima¬
had the foreign dramatic field almost
gination of sthe principal actor. M. Pules
to themselves sc far as Paris is con¬
Berry. wlio öften gives vousthe impris-!
zerned. Well nigh älj that had been
sion thal he is improvising his, lites hut
dene until 20 years ago to acchinatise
is alwars enjovable, perhaps for that.
in Frapce plays by non-French authors
very reason; and
was düe to their efforts at the Theütre
L'Ange.“ a studg in polyandry, by
Libre and, on a more comprehensive
M. Melchior Lengyel. cleverly adapted by
scale, at the Guvre.
M. Jean de Letraz and presented at the
As à contrast, take the record of the
tiny Studio de Paris.
late season in Paris. At ten different
theatres, not fewer than 24 works, new
Birth Control Drama.
to Paris, were imported from abroad.
The Austro-German drama was repre¬
Britain's Contribution.
sented by the late Arthur Schnitzler's
Reigen.“ as one might-sa#,looping the
Five of them were of English origin.
loop in sensuality, given under the title
a significant detail. For, not very long
of" La Ronde“ by the Pitoeff company
ago, in French estimation, the English
at the Avenue theatre:
drama began and ended with Shake¬
Acide Prussique,“ a drama of birth
speare. And even Shakespeare was a
control, by Dr. Friedrich Wolf (adaptor,
literary curiosity rather than a living
M. Lucien Martin), and Miracle á,
force in drama.
Verdun.“ a curious war“ mystery“ by
The five works produced here last
the unfortunate Austrian author, Hans
season are: Kanna,“ given at the
Chlumber.; who was killed by falling
(Euvre, the Freuch version of" Pay¬
through an open trapdoor on the stage
ment Deferred.“ Mr. Jeffrey Dell's
of the theatre where his play was being
drama of Nemesis at work;
Trehearsed, a few hours before it was to
Trop Vrai Pour Etre Beau“ (TOc
have been performed for the first time.
True To Be. Goodi, at the Théätre des
Both of these last-named plays were
Arts. Mr. George Bernard Shaw's latest
produced at the old Bouffes-du-Nord, re¬
whark at accepted notions on every sub¬
christened Théätre d’Action Internatio¬
decl
nale. It was intended to become a home
Locataire du 3e. Sur la Cour
of the ultra-modern drama, but the en¬
(The Passing of the Third-Floor Back),
terprise died inechildhood.
given at that same Théätre des Arts
with considerable success, though the
mystical spirit of Jerome K. Jerome's
comedy is at the antipodes of what is
regarded conventionally, therefore super¬
ficially, as the Parisian spirit:
Les Hommes Perdus.“ a French
adaptation of" White Cargo.“ Mr. Leon
Gordon’s drama of white civilisation in
a tropical environment, it had but a
short career at the Potinière; and
Signor Bracoli.“ adapted spiritedly
by M. Jacques Deval from Mr. Michael
Morton's dramatisation of Miss Chris¬
tie's detective story, Alibi
: given at
the Gymnase, it also was not long-lived.
Masterly Adaptation.
Four of the foreign plays were
American by birth, the finest of then
being Mon Aimée,“
Mr. Sidnen
Howard’s They Knew What They
Wanted,“ a romantic and interesting
comedy of manners in a Little Italy of
Southern California; though admirably
translated by M. Charles Vildrac, the
poet-author of Le Paquebot Tenacity.“
its delicate qualities, like those of certain
most estimabie French vintages, proved
incapable of surviving transportation far
from home.
The other American productions were:
the Ferber-Kaufman comedy Dinner at
3,“ given at the Ambassadeurs in a mas¬
terly adaptation by M. Jacques Deval;
it had a long run;
Spread Eagle.“the Brooks-Lister sati¬
rical arraignment of“ dollar diplomacy.“
presented at the Gymnase as 145 Wall
Street“ in an excellent adaptation by
Mlle. Eve Curie, her debut, and a very
successful onc, as a dramatist. and;
Edition Speciale.“
udapted by Me.
Heury Torres, the celebrated barrister¬
parliamentarian, from Five-star Spe¬
cial.“ Mr. Weitzenkorn's melodrama of
Exposihon
—
Vogue Off Imtermatiomallisom-
Five
Works From Britaim
S
By THE DRAMATIC CRITIC
'yellow journalism“: this work also vas
given at the Ambassadeurs theatre.
TNTERNATIONALISM now the
Three plays, which may be convenien¬
world-fashion in experi¬
UIy classed as Danubian, were produced.
Ithe most striking being Mr. Lajos Zila¬
mental polities, has become ash###-#e#chological crime comedy.“ pre¬
feature, perhaps only temporarily
sented at the Madeleine under the title
lof" Cette Nuit-la“ in a brilliant
but not the less notable, of
Freuch adaptation by M. Denys-Amiel.
theatrical activity in Paris. That
the author of" Trois contre Une.“ the
great Freuch success of ihe past season.
18 to say, the Paris theätre, considered
The other Danubian“ importations¬
as a body. is giving more attention to
were:
the dramatic output of other nations
than seemed necessary to it in that
Cabrioles.“ a cardonic füntasy
period of ancient history: "before the
Mr. Lerneth Holenia, produced at the
war.“
Théätre de 1’(Euvre and owing not a
Then. M. Antoine and M. Lugne-Poe
little cf its effect to the humorous ima¬
had the foreign dramatic field almost
gination of sthe principal actor. M. Pules
to themselves sc far as Paris is con¬
Berry. wlio öften gives vousthe impris-!
zerned. Well nigh älj that had been
sion thal he is improvising his, lites hut
dene until 20 years ago to acchinatise
is alwars enjovable, perhaps for that.
in Frapce plays by non-French authors
very reason; and
was düe to their efforts at the Theütre
L'Ange.“ a studg in polyandry, by
Libre and, on a more comprehensive
M. Melchior Lengyel. cleverly adapted by
scale, at the Guvre.
M. Jean de Letraz and presented at the
As à contrast, take the record of the
tiny Studio de Paris.
late season in Paris. At ten different
theatres, not fewer than 24 works, new
Birth Control Drama.
to Paris, were imported from abroad.
The Austro-German drama was repre¬
Britain's Contribution.
sented by the late Arthur Schnitzler's
Reigen.“ as one might-sa#,looping the
Five of them were of English origin.
loop in sensuality, given under the title
a significant detail. For, not very long
of" La Ronde“ by the Pitoeff company
ago, in French estimation, the English
at the Avenue theatre:
drama began and ended with Shake¬
Acide Prussique,“ a drama of birth
speare. And even Shakespeare was a
control, by Dr. Friedrich Wolf (adaptor,
literary curiosity rather than a living
M. Lucien Martin), and Miracle á,
force in drama.
Verdun.“ a curious war“ mystery“ by
The five works produced here last
the unfortunate Austrian author, Hans
season are: Kanna,“ given at the
Chlumber.; who was killed by falling
(Euvre, the Freuch version of" Pay¬
through an open trapdoor on the stage
ment Deferred.“ Mr. Jeffrey Dell's
of the theatre where his play was being
drama of Nemesis at work;
Trehearsed, a few hours before it was to
Trop Vrai Pour Etre Beau“ (TOc
have been performed for the first time.
True To Be. Goodi, at the Théätre des
Both of these last-named plays were
Arts. Mr. George Bernard Shaw's latest
produced at the old Bouffes-du-Nord, re¬
whark at accepted notions on every sub¬
christened Théätre d’Action Internatio¬
decl
nale. It was intended to become a home
Locataire du 3e. Sur la Cour
of the ultra-modern drama, but the en¬
(The Passing of the Third-Floor Back),
terprise died inechildhood.
given at that same Théätre des Arts
with considerable success, though the
mystical spirit of Jerome K. Jerome's
comedy is at the antipodes of what is
regarded conventionally, therefore super¬
ficially, as the Parisian spirit:
Les Hommes Perdus.“ a French
adaptation of" White Cargo.“ Mr. Leon
Gordon’s drama of white civilisation in
a tropical environment, it had but a
short career at the Potinière; and
Signor Bracoli.“ adapted spiritedly
by M. Jacques Deval from Mr. Michael
Morton's dramatisation of Miss Chris¬
tie's detective story, Alibi
: given at
the Gymnase, it also was not long-lived.
Masterly Adaptation.
Four of the foreign plays were
American by birth, the finest of then
being Mon Aimée,“
Mr. Sidnen
Howard’s They Knew What They
Wanted,“ a romantic and interesting
comedy of manners in a Little Italy of
Southern California; though admirably
translated by M. Charles Vildrac, the
poet-author of Le Paquebot Tenacity.“
its delicate qualities, like those of certain
most estimabie French vintages, proved
incapable of surviving transportation far
from home.
The other American productions were:
the Ferber-Kaufman comedy Dinner at
3,“ given at the Ambassadeurs in a mas¬
terly adaptation by M. Jacques Deval;
it had a long run;
Spread Eagle.“the Brooks-Lister sati¬
rical arraignment of“ dollar diplomacy.“
presented at the Gymnase as 145 Wall
Street“ in an excellent adaptation by
Mlle. Eve Curie, her debut, and a very
successful onc, as a dramatist. and;
Edition Speciale.“
udapted by Me.
Heury Torres, the celebrated barrister¬
parliamentarian, from Five-star Spe¬
cial.“ Mr. Weitzenkorn's melodrama of