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...Gilbert Frankau, who might be vaguely defined as the English Gertrude Atherton, had henceforth best take his tea and toast elsewhere than in London greenrooms; just returned from a lecture tour of the United States, a privilege of English authors and a penance for American audiences, he makes odious comparisons between British actresses and those of Broadway. He says that the lovely ladies of the Strand do not possess the accomplishments of their transatlantic sisters. They do well at "drawing room comedy where the only demand on their art is facile chatter," but in the heavier drama, the hair-fearing...
With all due gratitude for Mr. Frankau's tribute the more remarkable as coming from a visiting lecturer, which genus usually excells in destructive criticism most theatregoers would question the essential truth of his remarks. Last season Miss Edua Best appearing with Cyril Maude in an Arlen concoction, "These Charming People," demonstrated to the delight of hundreds the undeniable ability of at least one English actress. Her forte was, true enough, light comedy, but it was done with much more finesse than is customary over here. But, flvolous though the type is, it is immensely entertaining. The American playgoer might...
...Frankau relates how he prognosticated the General Strike "way back in 1923" but was, like Cassandra, ignored. He goes on to reveal that upon a proscription list found in a Communistic den his name stood second only to that of Winston Churchill. Third in line for the gibbet was Sir William ("Jix") Joynson-Hicks, Home Secretary of Mr, Baldwin's cabinet...
...TIME found Mr. Frankau's latest novel, Masterson, "a novel-reader's novel, splashed with color ... a good man's education in riches, passion, love." (TIME, May 3.) Other Frankau novels: Men, Maids and Mustard-Pot; Peter Jackson, Cigar Merchant; Life and Erica...
...Captain Frankau's job, outside of novel writing, is that of weekly political columnist for the Cockney-Tory Sunday Pictorial. In the U. S. he recently gaped at the hanging of Murderer Gerald Chapman and described it for Publisher Hearst...