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John Gabriel Borkman is a trag-edy of a Napoleon of finance who waited vainly for the world to come to his Elba in a garret, who finally stamped forth rashly to regain love and the world when it was too late. The little pauses between lines, the way an actor paces the room, the tempo of dialogue and movement, make all the difference in play production. To this work of Playwright Ibsen's old age, Miss Le Gallienne has given more careful direction than she has to previous offerings of her Civic Repertory Theatre. Egon Brecher...
...first public appearance of Leon Trotzky since his "return from Elba" was at the opening meeting of this year's Federal Congress of the Soviets at the Grand Opera House, Moscow...
...Napoleon proceeds to set matters right. The task is not small; his book is, however, too small to save him from the misrepresentations he feared. In the main, he tells alike of his successes and his failures, his love for Josephine, the reason for his escape from Elba, etc. The sentences are short, sometimes overbearing, sometimes modest-a perfect tally with Napoleon's character. If the manuscript is a forgery-this is unlikely, for, as the translator remarks, Napoleon "went out of his way" to disavow it-it is only possible to congratulate the forger on his vicarious cerebrations...
...letter written in French by Benjamin Franklin was discovered by Professor Proquot in the private diary of the wife of Colonel le Comte Labedoyere (who was shot for having facilitated Napoleon's return from Elba). It is believed that this is the first time that this letter has ever been published, and so far the original document has not been discovered...
...always to leak out. Those of von Jagow, von Tirpitz and Kapp cannot fail to stir up uneasy memories. It might be pertinent to recall that Lloyd George has not persuaded the Dutch to give up their royal guest. Amerongen is nearer to the scene of action than was Elba...