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...Conrad piece is a sea sketch about a wandering son home after 16 years. It is in a mood made familiar by the short sea plays of Eugene O'Neill. And in this case it is by no means stubborn patriotism that encourages the report that the O'Neill plays are considerably superior...
...gold and glory. By the Way is a London success of many months and employs two principal British entertainers, Jack Hulbert and Cecily Courtneidge. It is terribly, terribly English, and for the first half very good fun. The second act fails to sustain the brisk supply of sketch and song. There is the usual British reticence in the matter of glowing scenery and costumes encrusted with emeralds. The piece has personality rather than pretense. It has also a complete English chorus, which oddly enough is highly decorative...
...Louis Mann, now appearing in "Give and Take" at the New Park Theatre, is giving a very good character sketch in his interpretation of the role of John Bauer, an old German American whose canning business puts up a hard fight against the encroachments of modern producing methods used by rival firms...
...actor with one role. It is a sign of discrimination when the audience is able to appreciate true dramatic art which is only obtained when the actor makes of his role a vehicle for an interpretation as part of himself. The playwright furnishes only a black and white sketch of his play. It is for each individual actor to add the color. When one actor gives an exceptionally good interpretation of one role but is not above the ordinary in others, he is like a diamond with only a single polished facet. That facet may be beautiful in itself...
Many interesting sidelights on the character of Jonathan Trumbull, revolutionary Governor of Connecticut, whose name the new University professorship in American government bears, are to be found in a short sketch of Trumbull's life, published in the current issue of the Alumni Bulletin. Parts of the article are printed herewith...