So Much Could Have Fallen Flat ; And So Little
did. For Peacock, though his mind worked untheatrically, dwelling, magpie-fashion, on trivia, knew at least one cardinal secret of comedy : he doted on eccentrics, and loved to......
The High Bid. By Henry James. (new Boltons.) Tins Other
revival, from a mellower past, turns out well, and many a theatre-goer has been learning to his surprise that James was not above writing, an actable play ; a respectably......
To See Ourselves. By E. M. Delafield. (arts.) Was It
thought such a very good idea to revive this comedy, neither cake of wit nor ale of deep substance but good plain bread-and-butter of naturalistic comedy cut in the fashion of......
Contemporary Arts
THEATRE King Lear. By William Shakespeare. (Old Vic.) Tins huge, flawed pyramid of a play has a way of collapsing under mere competence. The actor is called upon to seize us, in......
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