Word: playwrighting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been rumors of late that the Pinero-Jones school of drama had seen its day and was doomed to the discard. Certainly there is nothing antiquated about "Dolly Reforming Herself", nothing either in technique or in point of view that one would wish treated differently by a more modern playwright. It is the most genuinely amusing comedy that Henry Arthur Jones ever wrote, and he has had few superiors in that vein. The plot is trifling, the situation almost threadbare; yet there is something about characterization and dialogue that makes it intensely funny,--a trace of satire and a dash...
...House of Representatives has at last broken into print. For some time the reporters have left it wholly alone, perhaps because--like the Japanese playwright who attacked a woman with a club--they wanted to see what would happen. The result has been a bill prepared by the House, providing for the deportation of all aliens convicted of violation of the Narcotic and of the Volstead Acts. Some of the anti-prohibition minority suggested that such a ruling might interfere with the verdict of the juries if they felt deportation too severe a penalty. But inasmuch as violation...
...present type of American stage handicaps both the playwright and the producer", said Mr. Lee Simonson '09, the scenic artist of the Theatre Guild, in an interview for the Crimson. "The introduction of the hydraulic or elevator stage", said Mr. Simonson, "would remedy the present evils. With this arrangement, the entire stage may be lowered into the cellar and a fresh setting let down from above. This eliminates the difficulties and expense of the scene shifting in a play with many scenes. In addition to this advantage, the hydraulic stage enables the producer to et unusual scenic effects...
...production will persevere. Unless this outside education of the audience can be accomplished, it may be necessary to apply St. John Ervine's heroic remedy a moratorium of the drama a closing of all theatres until the audience is ready to make the spiritual effort to meet the playwright halfway...
...would be difficult," he said, "to find 12 American dramatists whose work of artistic worth could equal that of Pinero, Ibsen, and Shaw." Mr. Baker explained the situation by saying that the American playwright is not at liberty to treat his subject in the way he thinks it should be treated, for he is hampered both by the old type of producer and by public taste. The theatre in America is regarded too much as a place of amusement...