Word: sardonically
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...Trustinan '22,--"Loris Ipanoff's Story" by Sardon...
...Ibsen. A star play tries to exploit a single personality and so spoils the harmony of the whole. For this reason no great writer has ever written star plays. The difference between the plays of a generation ago and of today may be seen by comparing Sardou and Ibsen. Sardon is theatrical and mechanical, while Ibsen is perfectly natural. He shows only the finer parts of his characters' lives and therefore in order to act Ibsen it is necessary for the actor to study the life of the character from childhood up. Real dramatic appreciation is rare in this country...
...influence of Moliere has been and still is, tremendous, not only upon the lesser authorities of his time, but upon the greatest. Abroad we see it in the dramatic works of Fielding and Sheridan. In our time the reaction against Dumas fils, Sardon and their school is simply a return to Moliere...
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