Plays and players, leaves from a critic's scrapbook (1916) (14583092137)

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Title: Plays and players, leaves from a critic's scrapbook
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Eaton, Walter Prichard, 1878-1957
Subjects: Theater Actors, American Actresses, American
Publisher: Cincinnati, Stewart & Kidd Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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characterin the girl as played by Miss Emilie Polini whichmade you sure she would come out all right afterthis little flyer in joy. Naturally, it was all some-thing of a snap for Alan, as his fiancee forgave him.But maybe that is realistic, too. The fiancee wasnta new woman, like Fanny, and she followed the easycode of old-fashioned forgiveness. The theme of the play is not very new, then, norperhaps important, in spite of the supposition insome quarters that Fannys outburst of belated self-respect is a great blow for Feminism. What is im-portant is the faithful, illuminating disclosures of arace of people, a state of society, in a corner of Eng-land—of their speech, their habits, their ideals. Anysuch faithful disclosure is always important and ofinterest. This one is doubly so, because it was madepossible by the Manchester repertory theater, andso shows us that similar disclosures might be madein the United States, about the various interestingsubdivisions of our national society.
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z owo £ < w DCh AN INTIMATE THEATER AND ANUNUSUAL PLAY The Pigeon—Little Theater, March II, igi2 One of the most interesting, and we are inclinedto think one of the most important, theatrical eventsof the winter is the launching of Winthrop AmesLittle Theater. The opening attraction was Gals-worthys new play, The Pigeon, a fascinatingdrama almost flawlessly acted. Mr. Ames has be-gun his novel work with fortune smiling, and he hasdeserved his success and our gratitude. The Little Theater is one of the most beautifulplay houses in America. It is situated on Forty-fourth street, just west of Long Acre Square. Twoold houses have given way to it. The front is nohigher than the old houses, but instead of remainingbrown stone, it is colonial brick, with a simple colo-nial entrance in white, and old-fashioned woodenwindow shutters. The wooden sign swings out overthe sidewalk like the sign of an ancient inn. Theinterior is also colonial, or more properly Georgian, i55 156 PLAYS AND PLAY