(5 of 5)
"LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH !"—Lionel Barrymore adding another notable portrait to the family gallery as the clown who finds life desperately unkind.
THE LADY—Melodramatic reunion of the virtuous chorus girl, the worthless husband, the luckless infant, the irate grandfather—well played and still luxuriously emotional.
THE MIRACLE—Reviewed in this issue.
IN THE NEXT ROOM—Every sure-fire ingredient of a mystery play except a gun.
MOSCOW ART THEATER—The Russians returning a third time to the scene of their original success.
OUTWARD BOUND—A voyage across the strange waters of death; most original idea, one of the best plays, transformed by a flawless cast into an inimitable entertainment.
RAIN—After a flood of 500 performances the saturation point in audiences has not been reached.
SUN UP—Carolina Mountain life cut with the biting knife of realism.
SAINT JOAN—Bernard Shaw and the Theatre Guild happily occupied with history.
TARNISH—Severe demonstration that sacred love cannot remain untainted by love previously profane.
Comedy
CYRANO DE BERGERAC—Our village Hampden become a modern Mansfield in this memorable classic from the French.
THE NERVOUS WRECK—Crockery, powder and pills farce echoing among canvas canyons of the woolly western backdrop.
HE POTTERS — Savagely amusing satire in which you can recognize almost every one of your acquaintances but yourself.
THE SONG AND DANCE MAN—George M. Cohan giving one of the best performances of the year in a play typically tailored to and by himself.
THE SWAN—A combination of art and popularity rare in the Theatre. A comedy of European Royalty, virtually perfect in playing and production.
Musical
High notes in the present musical score are sustained most successfully by Poppy, Kid Boots, Ziegfeld Follies, Mary Jane McKane, Music Box-Revue, Runnin' Wild.
* The Road Together achieved a modern metropolitan record by opening and closing the same night. Playwright Middleton (author or collaborator of Polly with a Past, Adam and Eva, The Other Rose) objected to Marjorie Rambeau's "indifference" in performance; Producer Woods sustained his objection' and the play was withdrawn. The next day the Woods office discussed cancelling Miss Rambeau's $1,500 a week contract; she was incapacitated with, a, "nervous breakdown."
*The Road Together achieved a modern metropolitan record by opening and closing the same night. Playwright Middleton (author or collaborator of Polly with a Past, Adam and Eva, The Other Rose) objected to Marjorie Rambeau's "indifference" in performing; Producer Woods sustained his objection and the play was withdrawn. The next day the Woods office discussed cancelling Miss Rambeau's $1,500 a week contract; she was incapacitated with a "nervous breakdown."
*"Pulitzer prize plays since 1916. 1917—No award. 1918—Why Marry by Jesse Lynch Williams. 1919—No award. 1920—Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O'Neill. 1921—Miss Lulu Bett by Zona Gale. 1922—Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill. 1923—Icebound by Owen Davis.