(3 of 3)
EXCEEDING SMALL—A minor Saturday's Children dealing with the life and death of two tiny people whom happiness snubs (TIME, Nov. 5).
GODS OF THE LIGHTNING—Sacco and
Vanzetti, under assumed names, are
slaughtered on the stage for the cheers
of sympathetic auditors (TIME, Nov. 5).
FUNNY
GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS—A newspaper play which deals gently with the coldest profession (TIME, Sept. 10).
THE HIGH ROAD—British wit and Edna Best prettily enmeshed in a tragedy of love among the upper classes (TIME, 'Sept. 24).
THE LITTLE ACCIDENT—In which a journey to a maternity hospital and the birth of a bastard lead lightly to a kind conclusion; even the play is a natural (TIME, Oct. 22).
EXCITING
THE FRONT PAGE—A savagely melodramatic comedy of Chicago police-court reporters who stoop to scoop and who are masters of the retort curt (TIME, June 4; Aug. 27).
NIGHT HOSTESS—Phil Dunning has another look at Broadway and finds that it has not greatly changed (TIME, Sept. 24).
JARNEGAN—Jim Tully expends sound and fury on the silent drama racket—with a cast which includes Richard Bennett and his daughter Joan (TIME, Oct. 8).
*The itinerary: Manhattan, Nov. 19—Dec. 3; Boston, Dec. 3—Dec. 10; Philadelphia, Dec. 10—Dec. 17; Pittsburgh, Dec. 17—Dec. 24; Chicago, Dec. 24—Dec. 31; St. Louis, Dec. 31— Jan. 7; and back to Manhattan via Detroit, Newark and Brooklyn.