The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 5, 1934

Within the Gates (by Sean O'Casey; George Busbar & John Tuerk, producers). Playwright O'Casey's fantasy prompted Manhattan reviewers to go on record as follows: "Nothing so grand has risen in our impoverished theatre. . . . It is a humbling job to write about a dynamic drama like Within the Gates. . . . The theatre is richer today than it was 24 hours ago. . . . In comparison with Within the Gates, most of the plays that have come from overseas in recent years seem but feeble little fingers poking vainly at the...

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