The Theater: Old Play in Manhattan, Jun. 9, 1947

Love for Love (by William Congreve; produced by the Theatre Guild & John C. Wilson in association with H. M. Tennent, Ltd.) makes up the second half of English Actor John Gielgud's "Season of comedy" on Broadway. It is not Gielgud's better half; but, after all, Gielgud's Importance of Being Earnest was far & away the most brilliant revival of the season. Earnest, moreover, is only 52 years old; Love for Love, 252. For its age, Love for Love gets around on a Broadway stage very nicely.

A much less airy and aristocratic comedy than...

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