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Recommendation for the play can hardly be said to lie in its dramatic attraction, for the characters and action are so highly overdrawn according to present-day standards that one cannot for a moment take it seriously. Rather its justification is found in the inevitably humorous vein which the spectator must assume at the start, and which will give the piece interest as an example of almost ancient heroics and highly-colored incidents and speeches...
...word must be given to questioning the philosophy expressed by Mr. Barrett. Since he seems to take himself seriously, it is advisable to treat his words in that same vein. He says...
...Vanderlip and his kind are doubtless sincere in believing that this country should accept the opportunity to enrich itself if it can. But any further talk in this vein is entirely out of place. When "Ambassador" Martens sails for Russia this country will have done completely with the present Soviet type of government...
...with an Educator," "The Pearls of the Literate," "Natural Enemles," and "The Pilgrima," and find that the windows of our humble room look out upon the wide, wide world. That, I venture to say, is a new development of the familiar essay. Certainly it is different from the usual vein of Mr. Edward Verrall Lucas, who is the only essayist who walks part pass with Dr. Crothers...
Play in Humorous Vein...