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Heywood Broun: "Nothing more than one of the thousand and one modern versions of The Taming of the Shrew...
...Martin-Harvey, a famous producer and scene designer of England, is presenting during his stay in Boston Greek plays, such as Sophocies "Oedipua Rex". Shakaperian dramas in cluding "Hamlet" and "The Taming of the Shrew", and modern drama such as Maeterlink's "Burgomaster of Stillemonde...
...JOHN MARTIN-HARVEY-Showing that repertory may be both classical and profitable. Hamlet and The Shrew next...
...disillusionment. _ RAIN-A spirited attack on the big stick missionary. Jeanne Eagel is the persecuted, somewhat unevenly virtuous instrument of the Rev. Davison's eventual fall. Realistic rain falls intermittently. SEVENTH HEAVEN-There is a tremendous moment when Helen Menken, as the submissive sister of an absinthe-soaked shrew, turns on her with a courage restored by love, and beats her with her own, whip. LOYALTIES - John Galsworthy's somewhat theatric demonstration that conflicts in loyalties may be disastrous. A wealthy Jew, persecuted by amiable clubmen, wins a doubtful point. KIKI - Aside from holding the Broadway endurance record...
SEVENTH HEAVEN-Helen Menken begins as the timorous sister of an absinthe-soaked shrew, but at the end of the second act, her courage restored by love, she turns on the sister and lashes her with a black whip...