II, Theaterstücke 4, (Anatol, 8), Anatol, Seite 618

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Date

Décembre
PARIS 2.
Signe :
1932
inasmuch as it is a military organisation,
SCENELLER DUEL IN ENGLISH
PARISIANALE FROM VIENNA
severed threads, and each searching the
By THE DRAMATE CRITIC
other's heart :
At the American Womens Club of
"What is she like?"
"Oh, the usual dear little girl,
Paris, a praiseworthy endeavour is being
When she greets you, what does she
made to foster drama by staging a num¬
ber of high-class plays in the course of
Just the right thing
the winter.
The game of thrust and parry con¬
The works are selected outside the
tinues until Gabrielle, gathering up her
beaten track and the casts comprise weil
known American artistes visiting Paris, parces, takes the bunch of violets from
The performances are given in the er bet, and it to Anatole, whispering
Clubs handsome reception hall, a model brokenly for the dear little girl from
one who might now be as happy as she
of good taste in decoration and equipped
" and disappears in the night
is if
with a tiny but judiciously planned stage
I was privileged last evening to attend and now fall. And all is ended
one of those performances. And now I
A PARISIAN FROM VIENNA
know why they enjoy such a vague
No subject could be simple; or more
environment, play, presentation and
public combine to create an atmosphere affecting. The dialogue is exquisite;
light as gossamer though heavy with
of refinement and cordiality.
The chief work on the programme was meaning, every apparently trivia ques¬
The Christmas Present, one of the tion, every flippant reply or comment re¬
late Arthur Schen¬
logues, cleverly adapted by Mr. Granville conceal it. French literature itself, so
rich in airy dialogue, contains nothing
Barker.
more gracefully poignent. Listening to
it, I was reminded of the German critics
VERBAL DUEL.
reproach that Schnitzler was a Parisian
It is a duet, or a verbal duel, between
from Vienna.
Gabrielle and Anatole. Gabrielle has
The playet was admirably interpreted,
been buying Christmas gifts. Snow be¬
gins to fall and she looks in vain for a with just the true touch of superficial
facher that detail marks the time of unconcern and suppressed moral distress
the action, the closing decade of last Both Miss Elsie Ferguson and Mr.
century in Vienna. Anatole happens to Malcolm Molder deserve the warmest
pass and shelters her under his umbrella, ulogy
The Schnitzler piece was preceded by
He and she are old friends; had both
been wiser or luckierthey might at an using fantasy et It Gott hat,
by Essex Dane, spiritedly played by
one earlier moment have become more
Misses Jessie Glendinning, Helen Tilden,
than friends.
While waiting for a cab to come in Mildred Arden, Hazel Stokes, Dierdra
sight they chat, trying to piece together Bellison, Alice Putnam and Lora Hayes.
ERARD. PLEYEL