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NEW FORK TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, MAT 30, 1914.
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rival, Mrs. Bodsworth, gains
e over her when her ausband
ted. Hence a Pbatailie de
The play was produced in!
by Mary Tempest, but, amus¬
clever though it is, with a
s which is more than verbal,
Eh reaches beyond situation to
it failed of success. With
uild have no chance whatever.
ent-day public demands sub¬
nd speed rathersthan artistry
ll. the struggie for precedence
two English manufacturers'
a previncial town is a topie
dhardiy be expected to inter“
en if it had a glimmer of the
rspective. It is of this lack
ciation of the comedy of man¬
ong us that Clayton Hamilton
his introduction to the play.
e qufte right in assuming that
always lacked this apprecia¬
kt we have never yet had a
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raditien“ of our own? Would
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Etion which made the produc¬
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English and Continental com¬
manners profitable and enjoy¬
n, and which, but for its up¬
sympathy which is at times surprising.
might have given us a comedy
It is often said that essay writing or
ers of our own as well?
reading is out of date. This volume is
homas’s Her Husband's Wife“
a refutation of that charge, and a con¬
firmation of any tendency toward
ce—comes perhaps as near to
making it true. It would be a sorry
edy of manners as can be ex¬
from the changes which have
day when there was not a wide and
appreciative demand smong readers for
lace in this country since our
such writings as those in this welcome
radition began to wane. It is
volume.
sing trifle, and it reads sur¬
ywell.
A LONDON NEIGHBCRHOOU
Mr. Bjorkman and Mr. Ken¬
earn our increasing gratitude
ich new issue of the valuable
Drama Series, which covers
ichthoroughgoing diserimina¬
e entire international field.
Wunsany's Five Plays“ are
and triply welcome. Mr. Bjork¬
n his introduction, links the
Friter’s method to Maeterlinck’s,
thgood reason; he differentiates
In the uses made by both of that
with even greater justice.
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