Word: sardou
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There is no shadow of doubt that "Divorcons" added to "Half an Hour" forms a full evening's pleasure--but as to whether or no Sardou and Barrie walking arm-in-arm make for harmony is quite a different story. The first part of Miss George's present bill is frothy, laughable--an in retrospect rather silly. Its pleasure lies almost wholly in the delightful acting of the star and Mr. Lawford. The Barrie portion of the program is concentrated power and emotion of a sadly scarce variety. Here the material with which the actors work is of far finer...
...sister at the window of their cottage is nothing if not poetical, both in feeling and in the really important though subordinate matter of stage setting. And as regards stage setting. Mr. Arliss is not following the modern tendency towards simplification. His scenery follows the conventionally detailed tradition of Sardou and the French with their real books and real doors, and real latches...
...been opened by Ibsen. A star play tries to exploit a single personality and so spoils the harmony of the whole. For this reason no great writer has ever written star plays. The difference between the plays of a generation ago and of today may be seen by comparing Sardou and Ibsen. Sardon is theatrical and mechanical, while Ibsen is perfectly natural. He shows only the finer parts of his characters' lives and therefore in order to act Ibsen it is necessary for the actor to study the life of the character from childhood up. Real dramatic appreciation is rare...
Victorien Sardou (1831) is the most clever dramatic writer that we can imagine. He attained success in all branches of literature. His "Odette" (1881) and "Georgette" (1885) are essays of comedies with a thesis. M. Sardou has written even "operettes," "bouffes," and in "Le Roi Carotte," he tried poetry. He also treated of social studies. Quite recently he took the opportunity offered by the literary napoleonism of new fashion in France, to give us his curious innovation of "Madame Sans Gene...
Though M. Sardou has written nearly always in prose, he taught even to the poets, the art of dramatic situations, in which he is a master. It would be easy to find the trace of his influence even in the charming and superb alexandrines of M. Edmond Rostand...