Word: beith
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hardy perennial Rose Marie (for the fourth time) and The First Mrs. Eraser by limping St. John Ervine (TIME, Nov. 18), the royal attention bent to two more plays, of ascending gravity. First The Middle Watch, a decorous farce of life in the British Navy by Major John Hay Beith; second, gripping Journey's End, by R. C. Sherriff, enthusiastically recommended by the Prince of Wales.* Author Sherriff was summoned to the Royal...
...handicap, for example, that gruesome life-or-death fight in the dark, when the blind man meets him on even terms, and the manner in which he turned it often to advantage in his contest with his able, if treacherous, adversaries are thrilling incidents in a story that Major Beith has told in his finest...
...Sport of Kings. Ian Hay (Beith) is not now so well known as he was during the War. His battle writings roused interest in his novels; his lectures spread the advertisement. Of late he has withdrawn somewhat from the general consciousness. He returns with a chaotic farce about betting on horse races. It is not likely to add to his repute...
...Major Beith bases his play on the human weakness which convinces a man or woman that one horse will travel a certain distance in a briefer period than several other horses. Two of his characters are habitues of the tracks; another is a stony old justice of the peace who believes betting sinful. The efforts of the young sportsmen to alter the old man's opinion, plus their efforts to marry young women of his household, compose the play's development. 0. P. Heggie is the leading player, though a relatively obscure actor named Walter Kingsford gives...
...next points which Major Beith discussed were the tendencies of the stage today, "The question is not whether the stage is better or worse," he said, "but whether it is worse than usual. The stage has followed the course of a toboggan shoot since the time of Greek drama. In England, even Shakespeare and his contemporaries could not bring it back to that level. Playwrights and actors were not recognized socially until. Sir Henry lrving was knighted 20 years ago. England's stage is just recovering from the blow dealt it by the reaction after Cromwell and the Reformation...