Word: dramatist
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...Lewisohn's essays are smoothly and interestingly written. Occasionally they are startling and surprisingly naive. He says there is not "anything so intricate to understand" in writing a play, and takes away the breath with such a statement as "A born dramatist can write drama without ever having seen a theatre." Perhaps that is sound theory but the world has never been blessed with "a born dramatist" then, for the greater dramatists have almost always been workers in the theatre. His criticisms of books on dramatic technique and on players, production and plays do not seen "desultory" because...
...forest is perfectly timed, beautifully set, and complete in itself. It is regrettable that the imaginary ship's hold, one of the best scenes, completely falls to "get across" to a Boston audience. The ceaseless beat of the tom-tom is a diversion of remarkable assistance to the dramatist. The whole is not a pleasant afternoon's diversion, but with the single exception of "Liliom", Boston has had no play this year as well worth seeing...
...Cliva saves it. His portrayat of the gentle older brother was so graceful and so real that it gave the play dignity that it really does not posses. Mr. Pape as the tyrannical John Cordways, did well with a hard part, that was not developed consistently by the dramatist, as did Miss Willard as Lady Clarissa. Mr. Turner as Robert Dalman, Cordway's secretary, is as yet a very amateurish performer, who although he tries hard, rarely seems either to get out of himself or to fit into the scene. He has improved tremendously since joining the company, however. Another...
...conditions surrounding a boy with any theatrical tallent in present day institutions of learning, Mr. Eaton gave a graphic description of the experiences of the average youthful dramatic enthusiast in his struggle to gain an education along the line of his chosen profession". Troubles for a young creative dramatist begin in the preparatory school", he declared. "There are two reasons why our secondary institutions offer no attraction for such a student. One is the prevailing tendency of all American preparatory schools to 'cut boys to pattern'. Now it can readily be seen what effect an atmosphere of this sort...
...successful dramatic career as to attend college". In these words Mr. Walter Prichard Eaton, in another column of this issue phrases one of the most striking condemnations of the most striking condemnation of the American College ever uttered. The cultural background and intellectual interests which are essential to the dramatist, he finds lacking in the ordinary college graduate. Inasmuch as the latter is expected to have acquired both of these as a result of his college course, it would seem as if something were wrong either with the colleges themselves or the attitude of those who frequent them...