Word: deale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...there has been a deal of unnecessary mystification, much of it "bunk" about this "theatre theatrical" about "the theatre of the soul" and "the souls of the theatre", about Monodrama and Melodrama, about Impressionism and Expressionism, about Physico-psychology and Psycho-analysis, about all the clashing symbols of the sexy saxophone. "Lampy" is justified in his jests about those followers of the Dramatic Club who take all this jargon too seriously. The fact is Evreinov himself preaches that nothing in life is to be taken seriously. That is his cardinal principle. His play is none of these "-isms...
...framed to meet the majority opinion, it was because the minority limited its advice to what the Government should not do. . . . The bill is not perfect. . . . It is a positive and creative measure. . . . Regardez-le bien! . . . Is it not the only really constructive attempt which has been made to deal with the present grave fiscal situation...
...English importation was put on for special matinees with Dennis Neilson-Terry and Mary Glynne in the leads. They are the London players brought over for the exceedingly short lived The Crooked Friday. In the new play they appear to be better performers; it helps them a good deal by being pretty steadily interesting in itself...
...MAN?A little sin, a good deal of sorrow and a ray of sunlight under the Manhattan Elevated...
...reviewer has a feeling akin to caddishness when he witnesses a play, a difficult play, upon which has been spent a deal of extra worry, time, and pains, and can not find it in his heart to give it the praise such an expenditure of talent should warrant. Such is the case with the revival of the play in which Joseph Jefferson, contemporary of Booth, originally made the hit of his lifetime. The production of "Rip Van Winkle" at the New Repertory Theatre is done with considerable artistry, elaborate and delightful stage effects, excellent music, and harmony in every detail...