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These are the plays, which, in the light of metropolitan criticism, seem most important: PEER GYNT-Ibsen's tragi-comic epic of the seeker of self-realization, effectively staged by Kommisashevsky, master of the Russian School of Expressionism, and competently acted by Joseph Schildkraut. Some of the settings by Lee Simonson mark the high points in his enviable record of artistic achievement. ROMEO AND JULIET-Next to Hamlet the longest run a Shakespearean play has enjoyed in America in the current century. Superbly acted by Jane Cowl and Rollo Peters. MERTON OF THE MOVIES - The pathos of hokum. Glenn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema Notes, Apr. 21, 1923 | 4/21/1923 | See Source »

These are the plays which in the light of metropolitan criticism seem most important: PEER GYNT-Ibsen's fancy is permitted to wander all over a fantastic globe. Joseph Schildkraut, as the vainglorious Peer, has to pass from youth to age in two moves. ROMEO AND JULIET-Jane Cowl and Rollo Peters put new life into old romance. Juliet's charm captivates not only Romeo but the entire audience. Moscow ART THEATRE-The Moscow players have bred in theatre-goers a fine contempt for barriers of language. The inspired realism of their acting conveys their meaning almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Mar. 31, 1923 | 3/31/1923 | See Source »

...PEER GYNT-Ibsen's poetic phantasmagoria of self-sufficient compromise, with expressionist settings. Joseph Schildkraut is the braggart Peer, whose age and locality change with equal celerity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: The Best Plays: Mar. 24, 1923 | 3/24/1923 | See Source »

...PEER GYNT-Ibsen's poetic phantasmagoria of self-sufficient compromise, with expressionist settings. Joseph Schildkraut is the braggart Peer, whose age and locality change with equal celerity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: The Best Plays: Mar. 10, 1923 | 3/10/1923 | See Source »

...PEER GYNT-Ibsen's poetic phantasmagoria of self-sufficient compromise, with expressionist settings Joseph Schildkraut is the braggart Peer, whose age and locality change with equal celerity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Mar. 3, 1923 | 3/3/1923 | See Source »

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