The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Sep. 28, 1931

He, If God did not exist, said the sardonic Voltaire, it would be necessary to invent one. With a rare burst of creative imagination, a God has been invented for the first play of the Theatre Guild's 14th season. Author of He is Alfred Savoir. He himself exists in the attractive mortal envelope of Tom Powers, not to be confused with Eugene Powers who is also among the comedy's cast as a learned professor.

At a hotel in the Swiss Alps a congress of Free Thinkers is being held....

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